"HUMAN RIGHTS"

The spokesperson for the Office of the UN high Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said the Office is in the process of analysing the contents of the new National Security Law adopted this week by the National People’s Congress of China, “looking at this very carefully in terms of its compliance with the international human rights obligations” applicable to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR). UNTV CH

Ambassador Christoph Heusgen, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations, and the President of the Security Council for July, briefs journalists on the Council’s Programme of Work for the month.

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

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

Opening the 44th session of the Human Rights Council today in Geneva, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet compared COVID-19 to “a heat-seeking device that exposes, and is fuelled by, systemic failures to uphold human rights”, and called for “strong, transformative measures to heighten the powerful protections that human rights based-policies can provide.” UNTV CH

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet urged the President of the Philippines “to refrain from signing” a new anti-terrorism law which, if implemented, could have “chilling effect on human rights and humanitarian work, hindering support to vulnerable and marginalized communities.” UNTV CH

Urgent action is needed to stop female genital mutilation, child marriage, and other harmful practices to which millions of women and girls are subjected to every year, according to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) State of World Population report for 2020. UNTV CH

With deteriorating economy, record-level food insecurity, Syria's people at ‘a breaking point’, humanitarian chief tells Security Council.

The Security Council renews the mandates of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in the Golan until 31 December 2020, and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) until 30 June 2021.

UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock told the Security Council failure to extend the cross-border authorization into Syria “would sever the UN operation currently underway” in the country’s northwest and stressed that it would “cause suffering and death.” UNIFEED