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A senior Civil Affairs officer from the United Nations in Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has called for an urgent healing and reconciliation process in South Sudan’s southern Unity State, where gruesome attacks on communities in the area have resulted in deaths, beheadings, sexual violence, and abductions. UNMISS

Addressing journalists after her mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said, “I am particularly concerned to hear that courts across Bosnia and Herzegovina have denied wartime survivors’ claims for compensation by imposing statutes of limitations.” OHCHR

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet concluded a four-day official mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday. This is the first visit by a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1998. OHCHR

A group of United Nationss officers from a variety of expert backgrounds visited Sool and Sanaag, in Somaliland, to assess the human rights situation in the two regions, after a pause of a few years due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic. UNSOM

UN Special Representative for South Sudan Nicholas Haysom said, “despite delays, I strongly believe that the only viable course of action remains the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement in letter and spirit.” UNIFEED

UN senior official for Haiti, Helen La Lime, told the Security Council, “the protracted insecurity and prolonged political uncertainty, combined with a dire economic situation and growing humanitarian needs, are severely hindering the country’s socio-economic development, widening economic inequalities, and undermining peacebuilding efforts.” UNIFEED

A UN top official warned the Security Council that, as the conflict in Ukraine passes the 100 day mark, there are mounting allegations of sexual violence. UNIFEED

A Senior Civil Affairs Officer from the United Nations in Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) called for an urgent healing and reconciliation process in the southern part of South Sudan’s Unity State, where gruesome attacks on communities in the area have resulted in deaths, beheadings, sexual violence, and abductions. UNMISS

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told health ministers on that although reported COVID-19 cases and deaths have declined significantly, it is not time yet for any country to lower its guard. WHO

Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said at the Human Rights Council’s special session on Ukraine that her Office continues to verify allegations of violations of international human rights law and of international humanitarian law, many of which may amount to war crimes. UNTV CH