"HUMAN RIGHTS"

Honouring Kofi Annan, General Assembly remembers late Secretary-General as monumental leader, moral voice who fought brutality, bloodshed at 2nd plenary meeting.

Security Council presidential statement expresses outrage at continuing heavy casualty toll on civilians in situations of armed conflict at 8359th meeting.

The United Nations family paid tribute to former Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who passed away last month at 80 years of age. UNIFEED

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

Lighting candles and full of hopeful optimism, hundreds of South Sudanese led by Vice President James Wani Igga, commemorated the International Day of Peace in the capital Juba, under the theme “Peace is a Human Right.” UNMISS

Marking the International Day of Peace, top UN officials, diplomats and Messengers of Peace participated in the traditional peace bell ceremony. UNIFEED

Ahead of the International Day of Peace, a panel of experts met at the University of Juba to discuss a way forward as the South Sudanese begin implementing a new peace deal. UNMISS

Security Council cautiously commends South Sudan revitalized peace agreement amid concerns over commitment of signatories to implementation at 8356th meeting.

UN Peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix told the Security Council that the signed revitalized political agreement in South Sudan sends a “strong message” to the parties that “there is no justification for the continuation of violence, which continues to exact a heavy toll on the civilian population.” UNIFEED

Senior generals of the Myanmar military should be investigated and prosecuted for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in an international criminal tribunal, UN investigators said Tuesday in the final version of a report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, for abuses perpetrated against the Rohingya minority population. UNTV CH