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Thousands of people are unlawfully detained and tortured in Libya, according to a new United Nations report issued today. UNTV CH /FILE

Representatives of Palestine, Kuwait and the Arab League at the United Nations have asked the Security Council to condemn the Israel over its use of force against the Palestinian protestors at the Gaza border with Israel. UNIFEED

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said there were “strong indications” that Israeli security forces used excessive force against demonstrators in Gaza last week “given the large number of injuries and deaths, the ominous statements made by Israeli authorities in the days leading up to the protest.” UNTV CH

In a statement read today by the United Nations spokesperson, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, expressed concern about “the continuing preparations and rhetoric for this Friday’s ‘Great Return March’ in Gaza,” calling on Israeli forces “to exercise maximum restraint and for Palestinians to avoid friction at the Gaza fence.” UNIFEED

Since 2004, more than 5,000 people have either been killed or injured by landmines and unexploded ordnance in South Sudan, the United Nations Mine Action Service in South Sudan has announced, while commemorating the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action in the capital, Juba. UNMISS

Ambassador Gustavo Meza-Cuadra of Peru said Security Council members “had the opportunity to express our grave concern over what is happening in Gaza” during consultations, but noted that a draft press statement could not be adopted due to the objections of a member state. UNIFEED

During an emergency meeting on Friday (30 Mar) evening, Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, the deputy UN political affairs chief, told the Security Council that around 30,000 people participated in and around the march at various locations in Gaza. Soon after the demonstrations started, the situation turned deadly in several spots. UNIFEED

On his last day as United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman reiterated that “the list of complex challenges that Member States face today are enormous,” adding that those challenges would be “much more effectively addressed through a multilateral system.” UNIFEED

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nikolay Mladenov said the “terrorist attack” against the convoy of Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah in Gaza “was a serious attempt to derail the Cairo process and its perpetrators must be brought to justice.” UNIFEED

The right to the truth is crucial in addressing human rights violations for victims, according to a joint study by Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence, Pablo de Greiff, and Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. OHCHR