"DISAPPEARANCE OF PERSONS"

A report published by the UN Human Rights Office vividly details the ongoing suffering of victims of enforced disappearance and abduction by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. OHCHR

Colombia entering period of reforms, progress based on newly elected president’s total peace policy, Special Representative tells Security Council.

Political process possible for Syria, but cannot advance until violence abates, senior official tells Security Council.

Informal comments to the media by Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the USA to the UN, on the situation in Ukraine.

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Human Rights spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani expressed concern about “the continued lack of information on the whereabouts and wellbeing of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous rights defender Bruno Araújo Pereira” in Brazil. OHCHR

Presenting an oral update to the General Assembly on missing persons in Syria, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said “despite the clear risks” the families of the missing come together in seeking the truth, and it “is a testament to the strength and courage of the Syrian people.” UNIFEED

Informal meeting of the plenary to hear an interim oral update on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic.

Amid executions, forced disappearances in Mali, mission head tells Security Council little progress made towards implementing peace agreement.

To avert ‘irreversible’ damage in Afghanistan, international community must engage with country’s de facto authorities, mission head tells Security Council.