"SEXUAL VIOLENCE"

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

“The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a neglected crisis with increasing humanitarian needs," the UN top aid official in the country warned today. UNTV CH

Noon briefing by Stephanie Tremblay, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The UN seeks the highest funding appeal ever for Sudan; nearly $3 billion is needed for urgent humanitarian aid. UNTV CH

Following a high-level field mission with the UN Refugees Agency to the border regions of Chad with Sudan, where 60,000 refugees have arrived recently, Education Cannot Wait’s Executive Director Yasmine Sherif announced a US$3 million First Emergency Response grant. ECW

Un rapport d’une mission d’établissement des faits du Bureau des droits de l'homme des Nations Unies a conclu qu'il y a de fortes indications que plus de 500 personnes auraient été tuées - la grande majorité sommairement exécutées - par les troupes maliennes et du personnel militaire étranger au cours d'une opération militaire de cinq jours dans le village de Moura, au centre du Mali, en mars 2022. HCDH

The Human Rights Council today opened a special session on the human rights impact of the ongoing conflict in Sudan, hearing the High Commissioner for Human Rights strongly condemn the wanton violence taking place in the country in which both sides had trampled international humanitarian law. UNTV CH

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) today issued an advisory in which it urges states to keep borders open to people fleeing ongoing hostilities in Sudan and to suspend negative asylum decisions for Sudanese nationals outside the country who cannot return because of the conflict. UNTV CH

In recent months, intercommunal violence and attacks by community-based militias have resulted in increasing civilian casualties across South Sudan. UNMISS

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