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General Assembly adopts text recommending creation of register to document damages caused by Russian Federation aggression against Ukraine, resuming Emergency Special Session.

General Assembly adopts text recommending creation of register to document damages caused by Russian Federation aggression against Ukraine, resuming Emergency Special Session.

Adopting annual resolution, delegates in General Assembly urge immediate repeal of embargo on Cuba, especially amid mounting global food, fuel crises.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, warned that unremitting armed violence had precipitated Haiti’s descent into the worst human rights and humanitarian situation in decades. OHCHR

Encouraging contributions for Victims Trust Fund, General Assembly adopts draft urging cooperation with International Criminal Court to arrest fugitives, enforce sentences. Delegates also begin debating United States embargo on Cuba.

Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba - Item 36.

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Helen La Lime, told the Security Council that as cholera cases “tear through parts of Port-au-Prince,” and armed gangs continue to blockade the Varreux fuel terminal, “the consequences for Haiti’s basic infrastructure have been severe.” UNIFEED

Concerned by escalating violence, speakers urge Security Council to consider long-term impact of maintaining status quo in Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Encouraged by truce extension in Yemen, Special Envoy highlights goal of expanded accord leading to durable ceasefire, as he briefs Security Council.

Concluding management segment, Economic and Social Council adopts texts on Haiti’s development, Palestinian rights, controlling non-communicable diseases.