The High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed concern over the murder of three human rights defenders working with indigenous and peasants’ rights organizations in Guatemala during the last 10 days, calling for a prompt investigation into those and other attacks against rights defenders, and accountability for the perpetrators.
On the occasion of its seventieth anniversary session, the International Law Commission, under the overall theme “70 Years of the International Law Commission: Drawing a Balance for the Future”, will hold a special commemorative event at United Nations Headquarters on 21 May. Further commemorative events are scheduled to take place at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva, on 5 and 6 July. The complete programme of events can be found at legal.un.org/ilc/sessions/70/70thanniversary/.
Speakers in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today urged all Member States with unpaid assessments to make their payments — whether for the regular budget or crucial peacekeeping operations — as soon as possible to ensure the Organization can carry out its mandates.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Joanna Wronecka (Poland):
Seventy years after a General Assembly resolution first sought to partition Palestine into Arab and Jewish States — an anniversary that sparked both joyous commemorations and lethal violence earlier this week — Palestinian and Israeli scholars, legal experts and Government officials today opened a high-level forum aimed at harnessing the region’s difficult historical lessons and forging a new path forward towards peace.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the “Long Service Awards” ceremony co-hosted by the United Nations Staff Union and the Department of Management in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks, delivered by Chef de Cabinet Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, to the Security Council open debate “Upholding international law within the context of the maintenance of international peace and security”, in New York today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message before launching the disarmament agenda in Geneva, Switzerland, today:
Following are Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the opening of the United Nations Forum on the Question of Palestine, in New York today:
A peacekeeper from the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) was killed and eight others injured this morning in the southern part of the country. The contingent from Mauritania was escorting a convoy to the town of Alindao when it was attacked by presumed members of the anti-Balaka.
