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Residual Mechanism advancing remaining cases of closed criminal tribunals for Rwanda, Former Yugoslavia despite pandemic-related hurdles, President tells General Assembly.

General Assembly elects 18 member States to Human Rights Council, authorizes dates of conference for establishing nuclear‑weapon‑free zone in Middle East.

A UN Spokesperson told reporters that the world body is “sending a Note Verbale to the Permanent Mission of Ethiopia to clarify that it is the long-standing legal position of the Organization not to accept the application of the doctrine of persona non grata with respect to United Nations officials.” UNIFEED

An alarming number of human rights abuses have been carried out this year by armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic against civilians, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Friday. UNTV CH

Complete eradication of Da’esh can only strengthen international peace, security, says delegate, as General Assembly wraps up debate on counter-terrorism strategy.

Briefing by Eri Kaneko, Associate Spokeswoman for the Secretary-General.

Those who commit atrocity crimes will ‘ultimately be brought to justice’, Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals head tells Security Council.

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

“There are sadly still too many people like Mladić,” the Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals Serge Brammertz told the Security Council following the announcement of conviction of Ratko Mladić, the former commander of the Bosnian Serb armed forces of genocide and persecution during Balkans wars 1992-1995. UNIFEED

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a statement on the delivery by the International Residual Mechanism for the Criminal Tribunals of the appeals judgment in the case against Ratko Mladić, the former commander of the Bosnian Serb armed forces, calling “on all those in position of power to refrain from denying the seriousness of the crimes that have been adjudicated.” UNIFEED / FILE