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Briefing by Monica Grayley, Spokesperson for the President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly.

UN Human Rights Office is “gravely concerned” by developments in Myanmar, “particularly given the intensifying attacks by the military,” including killings, raiding of villages and burning of houses, “apparently to seek out armed resistance elements and as reprisals against villages perceived to be sympathetic to people’s defence forces or ethnic armed groups” OHCHR

“Iran cannot be allowed to think time is on its side, because the more dangerous its nuclear programme becomes, the greater the risk of a major crisis,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told the UN General Assembly on Monday. UNIFEED

Deteriorating humanitarian situation in South Sudan, rising attacks on aid workers ‘worrying’ Special Representative tells Security Council.

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said peaceful protesters across various provinces in Afghanistan over the past four weeks have faced an increasingly violent response by the Taliban, including the use of live ammunition, batons and whips. UNTV CH

UN Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters ahead of the start of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly and presents his Common Agenda Report.

“Education, safety, friends and food have been replaced by anxiety, violence, and teenage pregnancy,” the United Nations Children’s Fund said on Tuesday. UNTV CH

Briefing reporters in Geneva, a UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) official said, “We can, and should, make the internet a safer place, but it doesn’t need to be at the expense of fundamental rights.” UNTV CH

High-level political forum considers findings, recommendations from regional commissions on progress, frameworks for achieving sustainable development.

High-level political forum considers findings, recommendations from regional commissions on progress, frameworks for achieving sustainable development.