"REPATRIATION"

After a two-year hiatus, the voluntary repatriation of refugees from Angola to their home Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has started again. It had been on hold since 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic led to the closure of the border between the two countries. UNTV CH

The UN Refugee Agency said that the number of people forced to flee their homes has increased every year over the past decade and stands at the highest level since records began, a trend that can only be reversed by a new, concerted push toward peace-making. UNHCR

UN Humanitarian Affairs chief Martin Griffiths said, “the situation in Al Hol is a disgrace,” and called once again on all member states involved to “take urgent action to fulfill their responsibility to repatriate their citizens through all available routes.” UNIFEED

A new declaration calling for more concerted action to help nearly 1.4 million displaced Central Africans has been signed after a key regional conference organized by the Government of Cameroon and the UN Refugee Agency. UNHCR

In the presence of the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, a memorial service took place in Goma for eight peacekeepers from Pakistan, Russia and Serbia who lost their lives in a helicopter crash. MONUSCO

A new human rights report presented at the United Nations in Geneva draws a clear line between the torture and extraordinary rendition that have been part of the so-called ‘war on terror’ and contemporary practices of mass arbitrary detention and torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in Xinjiang, China and northeast Syria. UNTV CH

Top UN-appointed rights investigators on Wednesday urged renewed efforts for a political solution to Syria’s devastating war, which has been marked by an uptick of violence and a deepening humanitarian crisis in recent months. UNTV CH

Briefing the Security Council on recent developments in Iraq, Hennis-Plasschaert said, “the priority should be to urgently agree on a programme of action that –immediately and meaningfully–tackles Iraq’s long list of outstanding domestic business.” UNIFEED

Slow pace of forming government in Iraq after peaceful elections creating dangerous political, security vacuum, Special Representative warns Security Council.

Security Council delegates spar over merits of arms embargo in Central African Republic as mission head outlines challenges in run-up to local elections.