"VIOLENCE"

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

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

While great progress has been made to remove all known landmines and other explosive remnants of war in South Sudan, some of the country’s communities are still endangered by their presence. Ilene Cohn, Acting Director of the United Nations Mine Action Service, UNMAS, recently visited one of them, Gondokoro near the capital Juba, as part of her assessment of mine action activities in the youngest nation of the world. UNMISS

Joint statement by Geraldine Byrne Nason, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations, and Alicia Guadalupe Buenrostro Massieu, Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations, on the situation in Afghanistan.

UN Refugee Agency Deputy High Commissioner Kelly T. Clements visited Ukrainian refugees who crossed into Moldova at the Palanca border point. The refugees were taken on minibuses to a nearby transport hub run jointly by UNHCR and the Moldovan authorities. UNHCR

Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said at the Human Rights Council’s special session on Ukraine that her Office continues to verify allegations of violations of international human rights law and of international humanitarian law, many of which may amount to war crimes. UNTV CH

A special session of the UN Human Rights Council met on Thursday in Geneva, prompted by increasing concern over atrocities against civilians linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February. UNTV CH

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

At the bi-weekly press briefing on Tuesday, Matilda Bogner, Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, briefed journalists on the violations perpetrated in the past two months in Ukraine. UNTV CH

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday called on the authorities in Sri Lanka to prevent further violence, and urged restraint and meaningful dialogue to address the grievances of the population amid the country’s severe economic crisis. UNTV CH