"HUMAN RIGHTS"

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

UN chief António Guterres said Palestinians have endured “more than a half-century of occupation and denial of their legitimate right to self-determination” adding that Israelis and Palestinians continued to “suffer from deadly cycles of violence.” UNIFEED

A surge in sexual violence in South Sudan’s Unity state targeting victims as young as eight years old has underlined the need for urgent measures from the Government to protect them and bring perpetrators to justice, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday. UNTV CH

UN announces roadmap to Climate Summit in 2019, a ‘critical year’ for climate action at joint briefing by the President of the General Assembly and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the 2019 Climate Summit.

UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya Maria do Valle Ribeiro said the humanitarian response plan for the country in 2019 was seeking 200 million USD to target the needs of some 552,000 people. UNIFEED

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza announced the formation of a new group at the United Nations to defend the “principles of international law” and the rights of peoples to “live in peace, without interference, without interventions, without the threat of the use of force.” UNIFEED

With government formation incomplete, political actors in Iraq must end infighting and fulfil populace’s immediate needs, special representative tells Security Council at 8462nd meeting.

A UN counter-terrorism expert said of all international terrorist organizations, ISIL remained “the most likely to carry out a large-scale, complex attack.” UNIFEED

The situation for ordinary Venezuelans is increasingly critical but the United Nations remains committed to helping them on humanitarian grounds, UN agencies said on Friday. UNTV CH

Somalia’s Joint Police Programme (JPP) received a funding boost of eight million Euros on Thursday, under a partnership between Germany and the United Nations in Somalia. UNSOM