"DOMINICAN REPUBLIC"

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

The UN General Assembly elected 15 new countries to serve on the Human Rights Council. UNIFEED

UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif said, “I am deeply concerned by the continued and widespread deterioration of the human rights situation in Haiti and its impact on the region.” UNTV CH

World leaders gathered at UN Headquarters for the General Assembly’s annual General Debate. UNIFEED

Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona, President of Dominican Republic, addresses the general debate of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 19 - 23 and 26 September 2023).

Addressing the participants of a high-level event to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the UN LGBTI Core Group, Hanke Bruins Slot, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs said, “in far too many places around the world we are seeing a targeted hate campaign against LGBTIQ people simply for being who they are and loving who they love.” UNIFEED

UNICEF’s Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Gary Conille, warned today about “a stark and alarming reality”, with children “migrating within Latin America and the Caribbean at an unprecedented rate, constituting a larger share of the migrant population than any other region worldwide.” UNIFEED

As sweltering conditions continue to grip large parts of Europe, temperatures have “reached new heights” in Switzerland, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Tuesday. UNTV CH

During an event commemorating the 10th anniversary of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, a UN top official said, "Human trafficking is a crime that hides not just in the shadows but in plain sight." UNIFEED