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UN Human Rights chief, Michelle Bachelet called on the DRC authorities “to do their utmost” to deploy its security forces in the areas of conflict “to ensure they protect civilians, rather than prey on them.” OHCHR /MONUSCO

The number of victims has soared in recent weeks as separate conflicts have spread in three eastern provinces of the DRC. Armed groups have committed massacres and other atrocities, and defence and security forces have also been responsible for grave human rights violations, according to the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR). UNTV CH

Security Council establishes Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, unanimously adopting resolution 2524 (2020) and extends African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur until 31 December, unanimously adopting resolution 2525 (2020).

A heavy-handed focus on countering national security threats and illegal drugs has resulted in serious human rights violations in the Philippines, including killings and arbitrary detentions, as well as the vilification of dissent, a new report by the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) said Thursday. Persistent impunity and formidable barriers to accessing justice need to be urgently addressed, the report said. UNTV CH

A heavy-handed focus on countering national security threats and illegal drugs has resulted in serious human rights violations in the Philippines, including killings and arbitrary detentions, as well as the vilification of dissent, a new report by the UN Human Rights Office said Thursday. UNTV CH

Security Council reauthorizes deployment of African Union Mission in Somalia, unanimously adopting resolution 2520 (2020).

In observance of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, Secretary-General António Guterres laid a wreath to pay tribute to all the UN blue helmets who have lost their lives since 1948. UNIFEED

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) commemorated the International Day of Peacekeepers in a ceremony in the capital Juba. UNMISS

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed shock Friday at the killing of five men by opponents of an inter-caste relationship in Nepal last weekend, as well as several other incidents of caste-based discrimination and violence that have taken place during the COVID-19 pandemic. UNTV CH

Commander Carla Monteiro de Castro Araujo, a Brazilian Naval officer working in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has been selected to receive the 2019 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award, together with an Indian peacekeeper who has recently completed her assignment in South Sudan. MINUSCA