"DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY"

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said his Office will launch a year-long campaign to mark 75 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted. Türk, who this week visited Ukraine, said this miraculous, transformative text is as relevant today as when it was written. UNTV CH

As South Sudan grapples with continued conflict, rising humanitarian needs and a peace process that needs all parties to demonstrate renewed political will, Under-Secretary-General for UN Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix travelled to Bor, Jonglei state, an area where communities have been severely impacted by intercommunal violence, flooding, and cattle raids. UNMISS

During a visit to Poland and Ukraine this week, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller met those recently forced to flee their homes. UNHCR

According to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Magwi’s resident farming community has been at the epicenter of conflict with semi-nomadic animal herders. UNMISS

Briefing Security Council on Darfur, prosecutor urges Sudan Government provide International Criminal Court safe access to crime scenes, witnesses.

Driving into the deep forests of Western Equatoria some 9 kilometers from Tambura town, an UNMISS team of civilian, military and police peacekeepers are on a mission to investigate a recent upsurge of armed conflict in the villages surrounding greater Tambura, which has resulted in displacement, death and destruction of properties. UNMISS

Targeted sanctions, Darfur arms embargo continue to thwart spoilers of peace in Sudan, chair of 1591 Committee tells Security Council. Updated sanctions list can help Somalia in its fight against Al-Shabaab, chair of Committee pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) tells Security Council.

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

The International Criminal Court (ICC) found Dominic Ongwen guilty of “a total of 61 crimes, comprising both crimes against humanity and war crimes” committed in Northern Uganda between 1 July 2002 and 31 December 2005. ICC

Human Rights spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said, Wednesday’s attack on the US Capitol, “demonstrated clearly the destructive impact of sustained, deliberate distortion of facts, and incitement to violence and hatred by political leaders.” UNTV CH