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The UN human rights office (OHCHR) raised fears that “lack of security and chronic impunity” in Darfur leaves it “vulnerable to further serious violence,” following two deadly incidents which reportedly killed 160 people and left 215 injured. UNTV CH

Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia Carlos Ruiz Massieu told Security Council today “2021 is year five of the 15-year timeframe ambition for the implementation of the entirety of the peace agreement. It is incumbent to ensure 2021 is remembered as the year in which bold steps are taking to bring into fruition the full promise of sustainable peace enshrine in the agreement.” UNIFEED

UN teams in Guatemala and Honduras are working with governments and partners to protect a caravan of migrants who are currently in Guatemala, according to a UN spokesperson. UNIFEED

COVID-19 has disrupted all forms of human mobility through the closing of national borders and halting of travel worldwide. Preliminary estimates suggest that the pandemic may have slowed the growth in the stock of international migrants by around two million by mid- 2020, 27 per cent less than the growth expected since mid-2019, according to a report by the United Nations released today. UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Ugandan stakeholders to ensure that the tomorrow’s presidential and parliamentary elections are conducted in an “all-inclusive, transparent and peaceful manner,” according to a spokesperson. UNIFEED

Police in Peru used unnecessary and excessive force when faced with mass protests between 9 and 15 November 2020, according to a UN Human Rights Office report published on 12 January that stresses the failure of security forces to comply with international human rights norms and standards. UNTV CH

“The work of the General Assembly has helped to boost global health, literacy, and living standards, and to promote human rights and gender equality,” the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a virtual event marking the 75th anniversary of the world body. UNIFEED /FILE

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said it was “deeply concerned by the use of vaguely-defined laws to arbitrarily detain an increasing number of independent journalists, bloggers, online commentators and human rights defenders” in Viet Nam and raised concern over the deteriorating human rights situation ahead of elections in Uganda, according to a spokesperson. UNTV CH

Human Rights spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said, Wednesday’s attack on the US Capitol, “demonstrated clearly the destructive impact of sustained, deliberate distortion of facts, and incitement to violence and hatred by political leaders.” UNTV CH

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) voiced deep concerns over the arrests of over 50 individuals under the new National Security Law in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, and called for their immediate release. UNTV CH