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Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, observed on November 25th, a new report by UN Women and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) indicates that more than five women or girls are killed every hour by someone in their own family. UNIFEED

A top UN official said that there is “quite a rapid and striking” increase of cholera cases in Haiti. UNIFEED

The head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Matilda Bogner, told reporters in Geneva that over the past several months, they had interviewed 159 prisoners of war whom the Russian Federation held, and 175 prisoners of war held by Ukraine. UNTV CH

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, warned that unremitting armed violence had precipitated Haiti’s descent into the worst human rights and humanitarian situation in decades. OHCHR

The UN has gathered evidence related to war crimes and crimes against humanity possibly being committed in Ethiopia, two UN experts informed. UNIFEED

The UN Secretary-General warned that “the situation in Ethiopia is spiraling out of control” and “violence and destruction have reached alarming levels.” UNIFEED

Widespread and systematic human rights violations and abuses against migrants in Libya are compounded by the lack of pathways to protection within and outside the country – meaning migrants are often compelled to accept ‘assisted return’ to their home countries in conditions that may not meet international human rights laws and standards, according to a new UN human rights report released today. OHCHR

During his week-long visit to the Central African Republic (CAR), the Special Coordinator on Improving the UN’s Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Christian Saunders said, "there is no place for sexual exploitation and abuse in the United Nations, and if you commit sexual exploitation and abuse, you will be punished.” MINUSCA

Almost seven months to the day since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, UN-appointed independent human rights investigators said that war crimes have indeed been committed in the conflict. UNTV CH

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, told the Security Council that talk of a nuclear conflict in Ukraine is "totally unacceptable" and the so-called referenda in areas under Russian control would be an “annexation” that violates the UN Charter and international law. UNIFEED