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UNGA Adopts Resolution To Protect Religious Sites Across The World

  • 29 Jan 2021

  • The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution condemning damage and destruction of religious sites and asking the secretary-general to convene a global conference to spearhead public support for safeguarding places of religious heritage.
  • The resolution was proposed by Saudi Arabia and was co-sponsored by several other nations. The resolution states that it denounces any move to "forcibly convert any religious site".