"ACCOUNTABILITY"

Speaking on the Independent Commission's report about allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse during an Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, WHO’s chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that what happened to the victims and survivors “should never happen to anyone. It’s inexcusable. It is my top priority to ensure that the perpetrators are not excused, but are held to account." WHO

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry said “absolutely nothing” could deter him from bringing justice for President Jovenel Moïse and reaffirmed his determination to do all he could "to find all of the perpetrators, all of the accomplices, and those people who ordered” the “heinous” assassination. UNIFEED

In his address to a High-level Dialogue on Energy, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “we have a double imperative – to end energy poverty and to limit climate change. And we have an answer that will fulfil both imperatives. Affordable, renewable and sustainable energy for all.” UNIFEED

The latest round of public consultations on Somalia’s constitutional review process came to an end this week, with members of the public providing more of their views on what should go into the final document to safeguard their rights on a range of issues. UNSOM

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet updated the Human Rights Council on the extent of conflict-related deaths in the Syrian Arab Republic, presenting a list of 350,209 identified individuals killed in the conflict in Syria between March 2011 to March 2021.OHCHR

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said his country " has known its hardest times” over the past two years “whereas successive crises – some inherited and ramified and some urgent - exploded simultaneously, affecting all sectors.” UNIFEED

On the occasion of its second anniversary, the Alliance for Multilateralism held a hybrid ministerial meeting on the margins of the High-Level Week of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. UNIFEED

At the 48th session of the Human Rights Council, Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, presented an oral update on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. OHCHR

Addressing at the UN General Assembly Debate, President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo said, “more than 13 million Africans fell into extreme poverty in 2020, and nearly 14 million could do so in 2021,” adding that the social impact of the pandemic "has been devastating." UNIFEED

The United Nations Human Rights office is very concerned by the situation in Yemen where all parties to the conflict continue to engage in violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law with little regard for basic rule of law principles, according to UN Human Rights spokesperson Marta Hurtado. OHCHR