"PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES"

Opening Economic and Social Council 2023 session, new president says solid policy guidance to address COVID-19, humanitarian challenges among top priorities.

With nearly 5.7 million people in need of life-saving assistance in Sri Lanka, the UN team is scaling up efforts to respond to the needs of millions of people impacted by the ongoing economic crisis, a UN spokesperson informed. UNIFEED

Large numbers of civilian casualties and massive destruction to civilian infrastructure caused by attacks conducted by Russian armed forces – and on a much lower scale also by Ukrainian armed forces – are not in compliance with International Humanitarian Law, a report presented today by the top human rights official said. UNTV CH

A group of United Nationss officers from a variety of expert backgrounds visited Sool and Sanaag, in Somaliland, to assess the human rights situation in the two regions, after a pause of a few years due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic. UNSOM

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said, “due to the security situation on the ground, my Office does not have access to the territory under control of the Russian armed forces and affiliated armed groups, including access to Mariupol itself.” UNTV CH

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly.

Press Conference by President of the COSP15 and Permanent State Secretary of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland Jukka Salovaara, along with International Disability Alliance (IDA) Advocacy Director Jose Viera, and IDA's Chair of the Board Yannis Vardakastanis, on the 15th Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

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