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The head of UN peacekeeping Jean-Pierre Lacroix saluted the service and dedication of women and men police officers deployed in the UN peace operations, who work “relentlessly to serve communities in increasingly challenging contexts.” UNIFEED

A senior official at the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) sounded alarms about violence against journalists in elections. UNIFEED

The Head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, Nicholas Koumjian, said that since February 2021, when the country's elected government was overthrown, “the number of crimes has unfortunately increased.” UNIFEED

In Armenia, the majority of refugees who arrived in the border town of Goris have since dispersed to other parts of the country. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported that many of those who sought refuge in Armenia undertook arduous journeys, often walking for days and finding shelter in caves or basements, enduring extremely challenging conditions. IOM

La Porte-Parole du Haut-Commissariat des Droits de l’Homme, Ravina Shamdasani, a dit, “Nous lançons aujourd’hui un appel pour le déploiement d’une mission multinationale de soutien pour aider la Police nationale haïtienne à lutter contre le cycle de violence systémique dans la société haïtienne.” HCDH

UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said, “A multinational security support mission needs to be urgently deployed to help the Haitian National Police combat the cycle of violence which has permeated all levels of society and exacerbated a dire security and human rights crisis.” OHCHR

The President of the Slovak Republic, Zuzana Caputova told delegates at the annual General Assembly Debate that the time for talking, discussions and promises “is over,” adding “this General Assembly must start with the ultimate purpose, for which the UN was founded: restoration of peace.” UNIFEED

Top UN-appointed independent rights experts maintained at the UN Human Rights Council that serious international crimes continue to be inflicted against the people in Myanmar by the country’s military junta and affiliate militias, while armed conflict has intensified substantially. UNTV CH

The UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said that the new sentence imposed on Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny “raises renewed serious concerns about judicial harassment and instrumentalization of the court system for political purposes in Russia,” a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED

As South Sudan races to complete its democratic transition with the conduct of free, fair, and credible elections at the end of 2024, inter-communal conflict continues to cast its shadow across this young nation. UNMISS