"COUNTER-TERRORISM"

Briefings by Chairs of subsidiary bodies of the Security Council.

On the situation in Gaza, Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism Fionnuala D. Ní Aoláin said, "it's not just the party to the conflicts that have obligations here. Other States have obligations under Article One of the Fourth Geneva Convention to ensure respect for international humanitarian law.” UNIFEED

Press conference by Fionnuala D. Ní Aoláin, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism. 

The United Nations top official for Europe, Central Asia and Americas told the Security Council that the UN is calling for “a credible and durable cessation of all hostilities” between Armenia and Azerbaijan. UNIFEED

UN officials warned the Security Council that Da’esh, also known as ISIL, and its affiliates continue to constitute a “serious threat” and “remains agile and ambitious”. UNIFEED

Marking the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, UN chief António Guterres paid respect to all those lost or harmed through terrorist attacks around the world, and paid tribute to the “extraordinary work of those victims and survivors who have resolved to use their experiences to bring about change.” UNIFEED

Russian Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy told the Security Council that “the goal of the armed forces of Ukraine is to take hostages, take the inhabitants of Crimea as hostages and start negotiating with the classic terrorist approach.” UNIFEED

Mass arbitrary and indefinite detentions of children without legal process in northeast Syria need to cease immediately, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, said on Friday. UNTV CH

Following her visit to the detention facility at the United States Naval Station in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, said, “torture was a betrayal of the rights of the victims of the 911 attacks.” UNIFEED