"OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR"

Amid sweeping political change in Sudan, Peacekeeping chief says Security Council must carefully weigh options for drawdown, liquidation of Darfur mission at 8549th meeting.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) is “deeply concerned about the ghastly conditions in which migrants and refugees are being held in detention in Libya,” the OHCHR’s spokesperson Rupert Colville said on Friday. UNTV CH

General Assembly adopts text on status of Georgia’s refugees, internally displaced persons, calls upon participants in Geneva discussions to intensify efforts at 88th plenary meeting.

A Spokesperson for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) condemned “the rise in anti-Semitic incidents taking place in a number of European countries and the United States.” UNTV CH

UN humanitarians have renewed their call for an end to problems linked to the delivery of desperately-needed aid to millions of people in Yemen, after repeated warnings to Houthi opposition fighters to stop diverting food. UNTV CH

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called for a thorough, effective, and independent investigation into the death of 44-year-old Hassan Toufic Dika, during detention in Lebanon. OHCHR / UNTV CH

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The Spokesperson for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Rupert Colville, expressed alarm at “the strikingly high number of human rights defenders being killed, harassed and threatened in Colombia, and by the fact that this terrible trend seems to be worsening.” UNTV CH