"VIOLENCE"

A spokesperson for the UN human rights office (OHCHR) welcomed an order by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that Myanmar “must take ‘all measures within its power’ to protect the members of the Rohingya group from all future acts that may amount to genocide.” UNTV CH

A peace sensitization campaign targeting illegally armed cattle owners in camps has begun in parts of South Sudan, in a collaborative effort between the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and local authorities. UNMISS

The UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths is deeply alarmed by the latest round of violence in Yemen which resulted in the death of many innocent civilians, a UN spokesperson told reporters in New York. UNIFEED

The UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) reported that “a group of armed members of the Misseriya community attacked a Dinka community in the Kolom area, north-west of Abyei town, yesterday, killing at least 32 people, including women and children, and wounding dozens.” UNIFEED

Somalia’s federal authorities and international partners launched a plan requiring more than a $1 billion to provide much-needed humanitarian aid to some three million Somalis this year. UNSOM

UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council that heightened tensions in the Middle East threaten to destabilize an already volatile political and security environment adding that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not immune to these tensions. UNIFEED

A spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed concerns about violence between protesters and security forces in Lebanon. UNTV CH

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet condemned the continued killing and displacement of civilians in north-western Syria despite the announcement of a ceasefire nearly a week ago. UNTV CH

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths said the country had been kept safe from the recent regional crisis as “Yemeni leaders and leaders from the region have deliberately exercised restraint and withheld from acts of provocation.” UNIFEED

Children in Syria have been “robbed of their childhood” and forced to “endure numerous violations” in more than eight years of conflict, according to the latest report by the independent body set up by the UN’s Human Rights Council to investigate violations during the civil war in Syria. UNTV CH