"INVESTIGATION"

The Security Council failed to adopt a Russian-proposed draft resolution regarding the 26 September 2022 explosions that caused physical damage to the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea. UNIFEED

The UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya expressed deep concern in its final report about the country’s deteriorating human rights situation. The human rights investigators said that there are grounds to believe that Libyan authorities and armed militia groups have been responsible for “a wide array of war crimes, and crimes against humanity” in recent years. UNTV CH

On the occasion on World TB Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is announcing the expanded scope of the WHO Director-General’s (DG) Flagship Initiative on tuberculosis over the period from 2023 to 2027 to support fast-tracking progress towards ending TB and achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030. WHO

The Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, told the Security Council that he remains “deeply troubled by continued Israeli settlement expansion”, warning that it can “further entrench the occupation, fuel tensions, and systematically erode the viability of a Palestinian State as part of a two-State solution.” UNIFEED

The Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel (COI OPTEJI) is currently holding a second series of public hearings from 20 to 24 March at the United Nations in Geneva as part of its mandate and its investigations. UNTV CH

As UNIFIL marked the 45th anniversary of the UN mission’s establishment, its head and Force Commander, Major General Aroldo Lázaro, said the Mission “still requires the commitment of the international community and the UNIFIL troops contributing countries, as if this were the first day of our mission.” UNIFIL

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued warrants of arrest for two individuals in the context of the situation in Ukraine: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova. ICC

A new report published today by the UN Human Rights Office concludes that gross human rights violations are being committed across Belarus. UNTV CH

Russian troops committed a “wide range” of violations across Ukraine, many of which amount to war crimes, UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine reports. UNTV CH

At the launch of their latest report on Monday, few days before the 12th anniversary of the Syrian crisis, the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic called for an independent investigation for the failure that they witnessed by the Syrian Government, the international community, including the United Nations, to rapidly direct urgent life-saving aid to northwest Syria after the massive earthquakes struck on February 6th. UNTV CH