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The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said “he is dismayed by the 27-year sentence handed down against Cambodian opposition figure Kem Sokha on charges of treason and conspiracy with a foreign power.” UNTV CH

Briefing reporters in Juba on Friday, the head of the UN in South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom said, “It will be crucial that South Sudan meets all its critical benchmarks, particularly those that are time bound, and this would require a sense of urgency in the coming year.” UNMISS

The United Nations continues to closely monitor the situation in and around Tripoli, Libya, following violent clashes on Saturday, a UN spokesperson said. The fighting reportedly resulted in at least 32 deaths and 159 casualties, which include children, as well as damage to civilian infrastructure. UNIFEED

UN Special Representative for Haiti Helen La Lime told the Security Council that the situation in the country remains fraught and highly polarized despite some signs of progress and stressed that “now is not the time to let Haiti fall off the agenda.” UNIFEED

Wrapping up her first visit to Somalia, a senior United Nations official charged with the world body's relations with the African Union (AU) today highlighted the “unique situation” the country finds itself in regard to its efforts to improve security. UNSOM

Addressing the United Nations Forum on the Question of Palestine, the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, said a new Israeli-Palestinian conflict “would be devastating for the Palestinian people, it would have consequences for Israelis who live in the vicinity of the Gaza perimeter, and would be likely to have regional repercussions.” UNIFEED

Asked about the reported detaining of a key opposition figure in Venezuela, a UN spokesperson said, “we renew our call on all actors in Venezuela to undertake immediate steps to lower tensions and refrain from any action that can lead to further escalation.” UNIFEED

In protest of the national elections commission’s schedule ahead of the upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), civil society organizations in Goma called for a general strike. MONUSCO

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in South Sudan, David Shearer, told the Security Council that the South Sudanese Government “appears emboldened by its recent military gains” but “deep mistrust of military forces, exacerbated by human rights abuses” is fuelling civilians’ flight into neighbouring countries. UNIFEED

A new round of UN-sponsored talks between Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinici and Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades has opened Wednesday in the Swiss Alpine resort of Crans-Montana, aiming to reunify their Mediterranean island after a four decades-long split. UNTV CH