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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday that human rights "are under attack around the world" while praising those who defend them, during a ceremony marking the Universal Declaration of Human Rights' 75th anniversary.s)..
Women's rights are stalling, and in some cases, going into reverse," Guterres said at a ceremony marking the declaration adopted on 10 December 1948..
"Conflicts are raging, with appalling consequences for civilians as we are dramatically witnessing every single day with immense death and suffering in Gaza after the horrors of the 7 October attacks," by the Palestinian group Hamas, he said..
Guterres said that in the past year, "almost 450 human rights defenders, journalists and trade unionists were killed..
The ceremony was joined by Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, chair of the board of directors of the Roosevelt Institute and granddaughter of the former US first lady who oversaw the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights..
