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Ukraine hopes to have the UN General Assembly vote on a resolution based on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy 10-point peace plan in February, the country’s First Deputy Foreign Minister informed. UNIFEED

The UN Secretary-General issued a statement warmly welcoming Russia’s decision to resume its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which has allowed nearly ten million metric tonnes of vital foodstuffs to be shipped from Ukraine. UNIFEED

The United Nations Political Affairs Chief, Rosemary DiCarlo, said she was “gravely concerned” about the destruction of critical energy infrastructure in Ukraine and said “combined with soaring gas and coal prices, the deprivation caused by these attacks threatens to expose millions of civilians to extreme hardship and even life-endangering conditions this winter. UNIFEED

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Alice Jill Edwards said, there have been “sizable allegations” of torture in the Ukraine conflict and expressed concern over the “expulsion and / or resignation” of Russia from the Council of Europe, noting that “the window of victims to bring cases before the European Court of Human Rights,” ended in September. UNIFEED

The head of the UN Human rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Matilda Bogner, said, “We have documented that prisoners of war in the power of the Russian Federation and held by the Russian Federation’s armed forces or by affiliated armed groups have suffered torture and ill-treatment, and in some places of detention lack adequate food, water, healthcare, and sanitation.” UNTV CH

Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, told the Security Council today, “We are defending ourselves, Europe, the world, and the UN Charter. And we will keep fighting until the last inch of the sovereign territory of Ukraine, including Crimea, is liberated.” UNIFEED

Large numbers of civilian casualties and massive destruction to civilian infrastructure caused by attacks conducted by Russian armed forces – and on a much lower scale also by Ukrainian armed forces – are not in compliance with International Humanitarian Law, a report presented today by the top human rights official said. UNTV CH

Describing relentless Russian attacks against his country, Ukraine President challenges Security Council to act for peace or disband United Nations.

The public hearing on the Request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by Ukraine in the case concerning Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation) was concluded today. ICJ

“One week ago, the Russian Federation's military attack on Ukraine opened a new and dangerous chapter in world history,” UN High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet said in a statement delivered at the urgent debate at the Human Rights Council on the situation of human right in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression. UNTV CH