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Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Speaking to reporters before a Security Council meeting on Ukraine, Catherine Colonna, Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, said that crimes must not go unpunished to avoid repeating them. UNIFEED

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine told world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly that “a crime has been committed” against his country and Russia deserves “just punishment” for those crimes. UNIFEED

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi told the General Assembly his country is serious about reviving a deal on its nuclear program and asked for “only one thing: commitment, observance of commitments.” UNIFEED

Human Rights spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani expressed concern at reports that the Russian Federation and affiliated armed groups in Donetsk are planning to try Ukrainian prisoners of war in what is being labelled an ‘international tribunal’ in Mariupol. OHCHR

The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) expressed concern on Tuesday after photos and videos on social media appeared to show metal cages being built in the philharmonic hall in Ukraine's Mariupol, apparently to restrain Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) during proceedings. UNTV CH

Amid probable atrocity crimes, Ukraine suffering largest human displacement crisis in world today, political affairs chief tells Security Council.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Security Council, “although Russia is violating fundamental principles of the UN and the international legal order, it is still not held to account at the global level.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Security Council reappoints Serge Brammertz of Belgium as International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunal’s Prosecutor, adopting resolution 2637 (2022).