"PRISONERS"

Noting that Mocha was “the most powerful cyclone to make landfall in this part of Myanmar”, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the country, Tom Andrews, said that “what we're seeing right now is misery on top of misery.” UNIFEED

Ahead of International Harm Reduction Day, marked on 7 May, UNAIDS says that in order to end AIDS by 2030, no one can be left behind. And that includes people who use drugs. UNAIDS

Two weeks since fighting erupted between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), United Nation humanitarian aid agencies warned on Friday that the ongoing conflict is having a devastating impact on the civilian population, including refugees and internally displaced people across the country. UNTV CH

The United Nations Peacekeeping mission, UNMISS, recently organized a workshop for some senior officials from the South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) and members of the national security apparatus from across 10 states in this young nation. UNMISS

Two weeks after the fighting erupted between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces, imposing fear, deprivation, trauma and suffering on the civilian population, the human rights situation in Sudan continues to dramatically deteriorate. UNTV CH

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (S/2023/274)

A spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) said, “We urgently call on both the Russian and Ukrainian authorities to investigate and to swiftly and publicly condemn audio recordings that have emerged over the weekend in which people with apparent connections to both sides of the conflict in Ukraine appear to order the summary execution of prisoners of war or declare that there shall be no survivors on the battlefield.” UNTV CH

A UN spokesperson said, “The Secretary-General joins the Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, today welcoming the start of the release operation of conflict-related detainees.” UNIFEED

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said, “The Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine has thrown us back to an archaic era. An era when a neighboring country’s territory could be attacked and taken, at will, as one’s own. When the identity and history of communities could be denied, and reality rewritten.” UNTV CH

La vocera del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Marta Hurtado, dijo que el estado de excepción en El Salvador, en vigor desde hace un año, ha permitido a las autoridades adoptar varias medidas que suscitan grave preocupación en materia de derechos humanos. ACNUDH