"NELSON MANDELA"

The Chair of the Elders, Mary Robinson, told the Security Council that “women’s rights are not Western rights, they are fundamental human rights,” stressing that “we cannot allow the women and girls of Afghanistan to be deprived of these rights, including the right to leave the country.” UNIFEED

Addressing a General Assembly meeting on the observance of the annual Nelson Mandela International Day, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said it was “our individual responsibility to follow Madiba’s example of humility, of forgiveness and compassion, while advocating for democracy and peace throughout the world.” UNIFEED

The General Assembly holds an Informal meeting of the plenary on the occasion of the Nelson Mandela International Day. General Assembly decides high-level meeting on improving global road safety will be held in New York, 2022.

In a video message on the occasion of the Nelson Mandela International Day, celebrated this Sunday, the Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the Day is "an opportunity to reflect on the life and legacy of a legendary global advocate for dignity, equality, justice and human rights." UNIFEED

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

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has “expressed deep concern over the death threats directed at the Congolese human rights defender and Nobel Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege,” the spokesperson for the High Commissioner told reporters in Geneva on Friday. UNTV CH

The UN Human Rights Office has today launched a report that details how women detained in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are subjected to multiple and serious human rights violations by State security and police officials. UNTV CH

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

Annual commemoration, this time virtually, of the Nelson Mandela International Day and formal recognition of the two 2020 United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize Laureates.

UN chief António Guterres said that COVID-19 “has been likened to an x-ray, revealing fractures in the fragile skeleton of the societies,” adding that “while we are all floating on the same sea, it’s clear that some are in superyachts while others are clinging to the floating debris.” UNIFEED