"PRISONERS OF WAR"

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

Speaking to reporters at the end of his official visit to Ukraine, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said, ”the scale of civilian casualties, as well as the significant damage and destruction to civilian objects - including hospitals and schools - is shocking.” OHCHR

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Sunday began a four-day official visit to Ukraine, at the invitation of the Government. OHCHR

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Matilda Bogner, told reporters in Geneva that over the past several months, they had interviewed 159 prisoners of war whom the Russian Federation held, and 175 prisoners of war held by Ukraine. UNTV CH

Amid new allegations of atrocities in Ukraine regions returned to government control, political affairs chief tells Security Council accountability remains crucial.

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, told the Security Council that talk of a nuclear conflict in Ukraine is "totally unacceptable" and the so-called referenda in areas under Russian control would be an “annexation” that violates the UN Charter and international law. UNIFEED

Ahead of the High-Level Week of the General Assembly, the United Nations’ Secretary-General said his message to the world leaders gathering in New York is clear: “Lower the temperature now, don’t flood the world today, don’t drown it tomorrow.” UNIFEED