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UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif said, “I am deeply concerned by the continued and widespread deterioration of the human rights situation in Haiti and its impact on the region.” UNTV CH

Over fifty countries called on all Member States to join in raising awareness of the links between human rights situations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and international peace and security, and to “hold the DPRK government accountable for its actions and fully implement Security Council resolutions.” UNIFEED

The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, told the Security Council that despite hostilities having not returned to pre-truce levels, “intermittent fighting” continues and “there have been public threats to return to war.” UNIFEED

UN Human right Office spokesperson Liz Throssell told reporters in Geneva that there is no doubt that cybercrime needs to be addressed and regulated head-on. However, her Office has serious concerns about a new cybercrime law that is shortly due to take effect in Jordan. UNTV CH

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, María Isabel Salvador, said “there is widespread backing” for the deployment of “a robust international Force” to assist the Haitian National Police.” UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “If we do not act now, instability and violence will have a lasting impact on generations of Haitians,” reiterating his call to all partners to "increase support for the national police – in the form of financing, training or equipment.” BINUH

Following the violence in Gaza that resulted in at least 10 civilians killed, the Permanent Observer to the UN of Palestine, Riyad Mansour, said that “it is the duty of the Security Council to condemn these crimes”. UNIFEED

“We are deeply concerned by a video circulating featuring a man requesting a fatwa at a public event last night in Khartoum to allow him to assassinate the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan Volker Perthes,” a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED

United States Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) “remains one of the most repressive governments in the world” as “it continues to systematically neglect the well-being of its people and deny them their human rights and fundamental freedoms.” UNIFEED

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, said permanent membership in the Security Council and the right to a veto, “are fundamentally undemocratic vestiges at the United Nations.” UNIFEED