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A Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office said that “criminal proceedings and the death penalty are being weaponized by the Iranian Government to punish individuals participating in protests and to strike fear into the population so as to stamp out dissent, in violation of international human rights law.” UNTV CH

The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, told the Security Council that “as has been stressed on a monthly basis for many years now,” the declaration submitted by the Syrian Arab Republic to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Technical Secretariat “cannot be considered accurate and complete in accordance with the Chemical Weapons Convention.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Viet Nam where he, upon arrival, met with the State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and later with the General Secretary of the Communist Party Nguyen Phu Trong. UN VIET NAM

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause problems to migrants all over the world, including in access to health and other social programs, two UN experts informed. UNIFEED

At the press conference in Geneva, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued findings on Azerbaijan, Benin, Nicaragua, Slovakia, Suriname, the United States of America and Zimbabwe after reviewing the States parties in its latest session. UNTV CH

Briefing journalists today in Dhaka at the end of her first official mission to Bangladesh, UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet acknowledged that the country has made remarkable economic and social progress and is aiming to graduate from Least Developed Country status in a few years. OHCHR

UN Human Rights Spokesperson Liz Throssell today briefed reporters on the ongoing fighting in Yemen and enforced disappearances law in Pakistan. UNTV CH

With its key location along main international shipping routes and 3,300 kilometres of coastline, Somalia’s potential as a key maritime player came to the fore recently as it marked World Maritime Day. UNSOM

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) said that it would hear a case filed by Ukraine against the Russian Federation for allegedly supporting pro-Russian separatists, rejecting the preliminary objections raised by Russia. ICJ

After presenting his annual report to the General Assembly, the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, Felipe González Morales, said “there is a very worrisome trend of hate speech in many countries around the world” and called on leaders to “refrain from having an inflammatory, xenophobic, discourse,” and instead promote initiatives to prevent this trend from expanding in their societies. UNIFEED