"SEXUAL VIOLENCE"

UN Human Rights Office welcomes Indonesia‘s President Joko Widodo’s acknowledgment and expression of regret for 12 historical incidences of serious human rights violations. “The President’s gesture is an encouraging step on the long road to justice for victims and their loved ones,” a Spokesperson said. UNTV CH

Speaking during a Human Rights Council meeting on the situation in Ukraine, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said, “My visit to Ukraine ended a week ago. But the horrors, suffering and the daily toll that this war is having on people in the country remain with me. The deaths. The lives uprooted. The families ripped apart. With more than 18 million people in Ukraine in need of humanitarian aid". UNTV CH

The UN Special Representative for South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom, said that there had been some noticeable progress in the implementation of the Revitalized Peace Agreement. UNIFEED

Underscoring progress in South Sudan’s revitalized peace agreement, Security Council urges country to meet agreed timeframes, tackle renewed violence.

Sanctions critical tool if coupled with stakeholder dialogues, updated weapons lists, monitoring of evasions, subsidiary bodies tell Security Council.

More than 11,000 children have now been killed or maimed because of the conflict in Yemen, according to the United Nations Children's Fund – an average of four a day since the escalation of the conflict in 2015. UNICEF

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said his Office will launch a year-long campaign to mark 75 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted. Türk, who this week visited Ukraine, said this miraculous, transformative text is as relevant today as when it was written. UNTV CH

With a growing cholera outbreak, increasing levels of food insecurity and violence spreading throughout Haiti, a top United Nations official asked for more support to assist the Caribbean country. 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

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), through its Conduct and Discipline Team, convened and connected with women’s representatives in Gurei, Juba, to organize a ‘Stand Down Day’ designed to raise awareness of the need for collective action to uphold the rights of women. UNMISS