In an open letter, the Atlético Madrid manager distanced the issue from any single country, stressing that it reflects a deeper, global concern. He described racism as a “worldwide social problem” following recent incidents of racist chants in football, urging a broader societal response beyond the sport.“Racism is a social and worldwide problem, it’s not from Spain, nor Argentina, nor Brazil, nor anywhere… it’s a social problem,” Simeone said. He also pointed to what he described as a long-term decline in societal values, linking the persistence of racism to a loss of respect across key institutions. “We lost respect several years ago, the respect we had for our parents, for teachers at school, for the police, for the coach… that all has got lost,” he added. Simeone called for collective responsibility in addressing the issue, emphasizing awareness and moral reorientation as essential steps toward change. “We all have to work on it, with the awareness and the realization that wi...
United Nations Security Council has sent a delegation of its Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict (SCWG-CAAC) to interface with strategic government ministries and agencies.
The move is will garner the team opportunity to witness, first hand, efforts by the Nigerian government towards combating the problem of children caught up in armed conflict, especially in the northeast.
Receiving the delegation in Abuja, Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Dr. Nasir Gwarzo, said while armed conflict has affected a good number of children, government has also stepped in to assist them.
He said: “This is the time for us to unite. We need your support and shared experiences because more than 90 per cent of these children are parentless. We have done a lot. We have ratified a lot of globally accepted policies. We are implementing them but a lot needs to be done better. There are some of them (children) that are increasingly getting endangered as they return to their societies due to landmines everywhere.”
Gwarzo described the meeting as very timely because the country is in a transition phase hence, strategies and conclusions reached would enable the new government hit the ground running with a firm understand of current issues.
Earlier, leader of the delegation and Maltese ambassador to the UN, Vanessa Frazier, said children in armed conflict is of priority to the United Nations, and the visit would help tailor interventions.
She said: “As you are aware, yearly, the Secretary General of the United Nations issues a report on children and armed conflict, where a number of country situations are mentioned. Then the working group, which I chair, deliberates and discusses the report of the Secretary General.
“To be sincere, Nigeria has done a lot in the field. It has implemented legislations and, most significantly, adhered to important declarations at the federal level.”
She added: “Being on the ground helps inform our decisions and helps inform our work when we are in New York as a committee.”
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