"INTERNATIONAL LAW"

United Nations Human Rights office is “concerned by the news from Egypt” where fifteen people have been executed so far this month. UNTV CH

Rising extremism risks eroding viability of two-state solution, top official warns Security Council, stressing need for leadership and political will, at 8466th meeting.

Speakers urge peaceful settlement to conflict in Ukraine, underline support for sovereignty, territorial integrity of Crimea, Donbas region at 67th and 68th plenaries.

Speakers urge peaceful settlement to conflict in Ukraine, underline support for sovereignty, territorial integrity of Crimea, Donbas region at 67th and 68th plenaries.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko submitted a petition to UN chief Antonio Guterres signed by “thousands and thousands of Ukrainians” appealing for him to “press on Moscow to release the Ukrainian crew members” detained by Russia near the Kerch Strait in November of last year. UNIFEED

The recent escalation of hostilities in Idlib and nearby areas in northwestern Syria has left some one million people in an extremely vulnerable situation, the UN human rights agency (OHCHR) told journalists on Tuesday. UNTV CH

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

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

In her first address to the Security Council in her current position, UN Special Representative for Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert said although there had been a smooth transition of power to Adel Abdul-Mahdi as Prime Minister, the Government remains incomplete and “ultimately, the people of Iraq are bearing the brunt of the political stalemate.” UNIFEED

The Security Council held an Arria-formula meeting on the preventive impact of criminal accountability for conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence. UNIFEED