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United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders, Ugandan Margaret Sekaggya (R), speaks next to UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative Jose Manuel Hermida, during a press conference in Tegucigalpa, on February 14, 2012. Sekaggya is due to meet with government officials as well as local authorities and civil society from San Pedro Sula and La Ceiba. According to a UN report, Honduras shows the world's highest murder rate --82,1 per 100,000 inhabitants.
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