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International Community: Antonio Guterres

Antonio Guterres: In a visit to the lawless capital of Bangui, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said "ethnic-religious cleansing" threatened to tear apart the country, and he called for the international community to help the nation's nascent interim government restore order. , according to Hamilton Spectator. "We cannot just continue to say 'never again.' This, we have said so many times," United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said late Tuesday. "We must act concertedly, and now, to avoid continued atrocities on a massive scale." Senegal The exodus of tens of thousands of Muslims from Central African Republic amounts to "ethnic cleansing," a top UN official and Amnesty International said Wednesday. The rights group warned that the sectarian bloodshed now under way despite the presence of thousands of peacekeepers is a "tragedy of historic proportions." His trip comes a day after the UN chief used his strongest language yet to describe the unfolding humanitarian crisis. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.