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The second Permanent Forum on People of African Descent started Tuesday in New York. The theme of the session is "Realizing the dream: A United Nations Declaration on the promotion, protection and full respect of the human rights of people of African descent". UNIFEED

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, held a wide-ranging press conference in Geneva during which he commented, among others, on the issues of systemic racism, sexual violence in Darfur, the effects of cyclone Mocha in Myanmar and the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan. UNTV CH

In an interview on the occasion of the International Day of Sport, Javier Zanetti, Inter Vice President and former player, said, “I imagine the UN as a big football team.” UNIFEED

The UN General Assembly marked today the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, highlighting the importance of education. UNIFEED

The UN General Assembly marked today the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination with a ceremony with different personalities, including the Secretary-General and the Mayor of New York City. UNIFEED

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk delivered his global update to the 52nd UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, covering country situations and thematic issues. UNTV CH

Acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns, co-director of the documentary The US and the Holocaust, said, “the idea that our leaders, our Congress, the State Department, and more importantly for me, the American people” were unaware of the Holocaust, “is just not true.” UNIFEED

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today concluded his official visit to Haiti. At a press conference in Port-au-Prince, he spoke of how, at a time when multiple crises around the world are competing for attention, he fears that the situation in Haiti is not receiving the urgent spotlight that it deserves. OHCHR

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “at its essence, Holocaust remembrance is a call to be on constant alert. Never to be silent in the face of hate. Never tolerant of intolerance. Never indifferent to the suffering of others.” UNIFEED