"CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY"

In a message delivered by the Deputy Secretary-General during an event marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the Secretary-General said that this is a day for reaffirming international solidarity with the Palestinian people and their right to live in peace and dignity. UNIFEED

⁃ Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council - Item 121 ● Continuation of the debate on the item 

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Ahmad Khan, told the Security Council that since the implementation of the renewed strategy for action on the situation in Libya in April of 2022, the ICC has “continued to accelerate” investigative activities and expects to complete them by the end of 2025. UNIFEED

Siobhán Mullally, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, warned, “We continue to see impunity. And the consequence of that is a failure to ensure access to justice for victims to effective remedies, and in particular, continued failures of prevention of trafficking in persons in armed conflict.” UNIFEED

The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine is concerned by the continuous evidence of war crimes committed by the Russian armed forces in Ukraine and the suffering of the people in Ukraine who have been continuing to cope with the loss and injury of loved ones, large-scale destruction, as well as economic hardship that have resulted from it, the investigators said in their latest report. UNTV CH

Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan, President of the Transitional Sovereign Council of the Republic of Sudan said that the danger of war in his country is now a threat to regional and international peace and security, adding, “this is like the spark of war, a war that spillover to other countries in the region.” UNIFEED

A new UN report focused on reparatory justice for people of African descent urged States to show strong leadership and political will in tackling the lasting consequences of enslavement, the trade in enslaved Africans, and colonialism. OHCHR

War crimes and crimes against humanity are still being committed in Ethiopia despite the signing of an agreement to cease hostilities 10 months ago, the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia warned. UNTV CH

Top UN-appointed independent rights experts maintained at the UN Human Rights Council that serious international crimes continue to be inflicted against the people in Myanmar by the country’s military junta and affiliate militias, while armed conflict has intensified substantially. UNTV CH

Under Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, told the Security Council that “some estimates put the total number of killed, civilians and military personnel of both sides, at half a million.” UNIFEED