"PRISONERS OF WAR"

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

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

A report published by the UN Human Rights Office vividly details the ongoing suffering of victims of enforced disappearance and abduction by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. OHCHR

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

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited Ukraine to discuss with President Zelenskyy the possible continuation of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which will expire on 18 March. OCHA

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is “under assault from all sides,” reiterating that “we must revitalize the Universal Declaration and ensure its full implementation to face the new challenges of today and tomorrow.” UNTV CH

A spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office said, “The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today deplored the human cost of the war in Ukraine that has left at least 8,006 civilians dead and 13,287 injured over the past 12 months, in addition to the numerous lives previously lost in the conflict in eastern Ukraine.” OHCHR / UNTV CH

Ukraine hopes to have the UN General Assembly vote on a resolution based on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy 10-point peace plan in February, the country’s First Deputy Foreign Minister informed. UNIFEED

The Secretary-General has decided to disband his Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) regarding the 29 July 2022 Incident at Olenivka in Ukraine “in the absence of conditions required for the deployment of the Mission to the site,” a UN Spokesperson said. UNIFEED

Delivering a joint statement on behalf of many Member States, US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield urged all Security Council members to support an open briefing in 2023 to “discuss the human rights violations and abuses committed by the DPRK, the implications for peace and security and explore ways to incorporate human rights into the peace and security diplomacy in the Korean peninsula.” UNIFEED