Death penalty does not deter drug crimes: UN Secretary-General More than 80 per cent of countries worldwide have taken steps towards abolishing capital punishment, up from 14 when the United Nations was founded seven decades ago. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is highlighting this progress in a message on the World Day against the Death Penalty, observed on Saturday, 10 October.
Tamko la jumuiya ya kimataif pia limeonya kwamba ghasia zinakuwa kikwazo kikubwa katika juhudi za kupambana na kipindupindu ambacho tayari kimeshakatili maisha ya watu zaidi ya 2100 huku wengine 50,000 wakiwa wamelazwa hospitali katika nchi ambayo bado inazungukwa na athari za tetemeko la ardhi la Januari lililokatili maisha ya watu zaidi ya laki mbili na kuwaacha wengine zaidi ya milioni 1.3 bila makao.