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The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, said, “Emanating from any arms transfer is the inherent risk of diversion of the equipment to unauthorized end users.” UNIFEED

The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, told the Security Council that “the risk of a nuclear weapon being used is currently higher than at any time since the depth of the cold war,” and the war in Ukraine “represents the most acute example of that risk.” UNIFEED

Systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations were committed in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and in its aftermath, finds the latest report of the UN Human Rights Office presented today at the Human Rights Council. UNTV CH

A new report published today by the UN Human Rights Office concludes that gross human rights violations are being committed across Belarus. UNTV CH

A spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office said, “We are very disturbed at the trial of these Belarusian human rights defenders. We are gravely concerned about the lack of fair trial proceedings and access to an independent judiciary in Belarus.” UNTV CH

The General Assembly started today an Emergency Special Session to mark one year since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and discuss a peace resolution that should be voted later this week. UNIFEED

The trial of Belarusian rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski is “simply politically motivated” and he should be released, the UN human rights office said. UNTV CH

The United Nations top humanitarian official said attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure “have left millions of people without access to heat, electricity and water, adding another dangerous dimension to the humanitarian crisis caused by the war.” UNIFEED

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