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UN human rights chief Volker Türk called on Thursday for an independent investigation into ongoing deadly violence against protesters in Iran, where security forces have used “live ammunition, birdshot and other metal pellets, teargas and batons”, he told the Human Rights Council in Geneva. UNTV CH

The UN General Assembly passed a resolution by a large majority on Wednesday, calling on countries not to recognise the four regions of Ukraine which Russia has claimed, following so-called referendums held late last month, and demanding that Moscow reverse course on its "attempted illegal annexation". UNIFEED

With 101 votes in favour, seven against, and 19 abstentions, the General Assembly adopted a decision that will allow Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to participate of the General Debate via a pre-recorded video statement on an exceptional basis. UNIFEED

Secretary-General, António Guterres, said, “there is no effective solution” to the current global food crisis “without reintegrating Ukraine’s food production, as well as the food and fertilizer produced by Russia and Belarus, into world markets -- despite the war.” UNIFEED

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

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday he was deeply concerned about the risk of hunger becoming widespread because of the impact of the war in Ukraine on global food security. UNIS VIENNA

Speaking in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, Secretary-General António Guterres said, the war in Ukraine is aggravating a “triple food, energy and financial crisis,” across Africa. UNIFEED

As UN chief António Guterres traveled to Moscow on Tuesday, insisting that he would do “everything possible to end the war as soon as possible” in Ukraine and minimize suffering, ongoing clashes in the east have continued to increase humanitarian needs, aid agencies have confirmed. UNTV CH

The impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is having a severe negative impact on the economic prospects for Europe, the IMF said Friday in Washington, DC. IMF

The UN General Assembly met on Wednesday for its second emergency session on the Ukraine crisis since Russia invaded the country on 24 February, with two similar but different resolutions placed before delegates, addressing the unfolding humanitarian crisis. UNIFEED