"INTERNATIONAL LAW"

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

Annexing parts of West Bank will ‘grievously harm’ two-state solution, Secretary-General says, addressing Security Council on Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Nicolas de Rivière, Security Council President for the month of June and Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations, on behalf of the current and incoming EU Members of the UN Security Council (Belgium, Estonia, Germany, France and Ireland), and the United Kingdom and Norway, holds a virtual stakeout on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question.

UN chief António Guterres called on Israel to abandon its annexation plans and stressed that, “if implemented, annexation would constitute a most serious violation of international law.” UNIFEED

Grave violations against children still unacceptably high despite unprecedented number of action plans for better protection, experts tells Security Council.

“The UN Mission in Libya expressed horror at the reports of at least eight mass graves in past days,” a UN spokesperson said today in New York, calling on authorities to “conduct prompt, effective and transparent investigations.” UNIFEED

The spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Rupert Colville briefed journalist on the dire situation in Yemen, where the healthcare system is on the brink of collapse; and on a court ruling in The Bahamas hailed as “a positive step towards promoting gender equality and reducing the risk of statelessness.” OHCHR

ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told the Security Council that the transfer of Ali Kushayb to the Court is a “pivotal development in the Darfur situation, especially for those victims who have waited so long for justice.” UNIFEED

Briefing Security Council on Residual Mechanism, senior officials highlight recent arrest of high-profile fugitive, note Court’s work to continue into 2021.

COVID-19 pandemic amplifying, exploiting world’s fragilities, Secretary-General tells Security Council debate on protecting civilians in armed conflict.