"HUMAN RIGHTS"

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet urged States to take immediate, decisive and impactful measures to push Myanmar’s military leadership into halting its campaign of repression and slaughter of its people. UNTV CH

Special Envoy updates Security Council on new strategy for consolidating peace, preventing conflict in Great Lakes region.

In a statement read by a UN spokesperson, the Secretary-General reiterated his” deep concern” about the developments in Myanmar, adding that “the most recent reports of violence and killings by security forces are appalling.” UNIFEED

UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region said he is “particularly concerned about the level of violence which continues to affect the security of individuals, in particular that of women and young people,” in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. UNIFEED

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

It is still not clear if Jordan’s Prince Hamzah is under de facto house arrest or not, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Friday. UNTV CH

The latest bout of violence erupted on 3 April in Al Geneina town when unknown assailants shot at a group of men from the Masalit tribe, killing two and injuring one. In response, armed elements from Masalit and Arab tribes mobilized, leading to clashes between them. UNTV CH

10th Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum on the theme, "A Decade of Action: Building a Resilient Recovery".

At a virtual event remembering the victims of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said preventing history from repeating itself requires countering the “hate-driven movements that have become a transnational threat.” UNIFEED

As Mali faces major security, human rights obstacles, stronger response needed to end terrorism, violent extremism in Sahel, peacekeeping chief tells Security Council.