Buenos Aires.- UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for a “vigilant attitude against anti-Semitism” and forms of hatred in the world in a text included in a book in honor of the victims of the attack on the Jewish mutual AMIA of Buenos Aires , which thursday is 25 years old.” Justicia Perwills”, a publication promoted by the Latin American Jewish Congress (CJL), brings together unpublished articles from heads of state such as American Donald Trump, Brazilian Jair Bolsonaro and Colombian Ivan Duque, and other leaders of the likes of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri, Paraguay’s Mario Abdo Benitez and Israel’s Reuven Rivlin.
“Terrorism is an affront against all humanity and against the very values of the United Nations,” Guterres begins in his text. According to the former Portuguese prime minister, “ruthless attacks by terrorists and violent extremists continue to claim large numbers of casualties around the world,” as well as “dividing communities, exacerbating armed conflicts and spreading intolerance.” The attack on the Israelite Argentine Mutual Association (AMIA), which occurred on 18 July 1994 and goes unpunished, is attributed by the Jewish community and Argentine Justice to the then Government of Iran and the Lebanese Islamic organization Hezbollah.In addition to a balance of 85 more than 300 people were injured by the event.
Victims who have not yet seen their rights recognized, Guterres noted in the book.
For the UN secretary general, “nothing justifies terrorism,” no cause, no tort.” Nothing can justify indiscriminate attacks on civilians. Our solidarity continues to accompany the families of the victims and the Jewish community around the world,” he said, and was convinced that in remembering the victims, a determination to combat anti-Semitism must be reaffirmed. But also Islamophobia, racism, xenophobia and the “supremacist idelogies that currently shake the world.” The best way to honor the memory of those who lost their lives and those who have lost their lives and those who have lost their lives and those who have lost their lives is to continue to demand justice and to maintain a vigilant attitude against anti-Semitism and against all forms of hatred that are on the rise throughout the world,” he concluded. The book will be presented officially this afternoon in an event headed by the Argentine President, Mauricio Macri, at Casa Rosada, headquarters of the Argentine Government in Buenos Aires.La list of collaborators of the publication promoted by the CJL also make up it, among others, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, and the Secretary-General of the Organization of American States, Luis Almagro.
