"HUMAN RIGHTS"

Addressing at the International Migration Review Forum, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “the Global Compact speaks to the heart of the mission of the United Nations. It is a global response to a global phenomenon for which we need to be much better prepared.” UNIFEED

The UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa told the Security Council that terrorism and insecurity continue to spread in the Sahel, devastating the lives of millions of people. UNIFEED

Amid alarm over Mali’s withdrawal from regional security architecture, top peace official briefs Security Council on challenges to ending terrorism in Sahel.

“We are deeply alarmed by the imminent execution in the Islamic Republic of Iran of Swedish-Iranian doctor and academic Ahmedreza Djalali and urgently call on the Iranian authorities to halt the execution and revoke his death sentence,” said Throssell, OHCHR's Spokesperson. UNTV CH

Liz Throssell, Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said, “we are deeply concerned about the likely human rights impact of the first officially reported outbreak of COVID-19 in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and the subsequent lockdown imposed by the authorities.” UNTV CH

Informal comments to the media by Trine Heimerback, Deputy Permanent Representative of Norway, on the situation in Afghanistan.

Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said at the Human Rights Council’s special session on Ukraine that her Office continues to verify allegations of violations of international human rights law and of international humanitarian law, many of which may amount to war crimes. UNTV CH

A special session of the UN Human Rights Council met on Thursday in Geneva, prompted by increasing concern over atrocities against civilians linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February. UNTV CH

War in Ukraine presenting ‘child protection, child rights crisis’, senior United Nations official tells Security Council.

The Head of the World Health Programme (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the WHO has issued an updated appeal for almost 150 million US dollars for Ukraine and refugee-hosting countries, but noted the Organization still faces a funding gap of 100 million US dollars. WHO