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Paris,SANA- Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, called on the international community to take necessary measures that insure protecting the Middle East and the Christian presence.
Al-Rahi made his statements on Saturday after meeting Director General of the United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova in the framework of celebrations on the 70th anniversary of establishing the UNESCO organization.
Al-Rahi pointed out the main and basic role of the Middle East Christians in supporting peace knowledge.
He hailed the efforts exerted by UNESCO in the field of education and the measures taken to protect archeological sites in the areas witnessing fighting.
The terrorist organizations targeted during the past four years numbers of Christian villages in Syria and Iraq, and perpetrated many massacres against civilians, where the most horrific of these massacres was the attack on the Christian-populated al-Duwair village in the countryside of Homs near the border with Lebanon and killing all its civilian residents, including women and children.
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