According to the Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artist, adopted by UNESCO in 1980, Member States should see that artists are unequivocally accorded the protection provided for in this respect by international and national legislation concerning human rights.

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Still, it falls far short of the world's demands that Hamas recognise Israel unequivocally, and is certainly unlikely to soften the attitudes of Israel and the United States.

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While the United States rejects efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others, we must all unequivocally oppose the kind of senseless violence that took the lives of these public servants.

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