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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is gravely concerned by the escalating violence in and around El-Fasher city, North Darfur, where dozens of people have been killed in the past two weeks as hostilities between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have intensified., UN Human Rights spokesperson Seif Magango said. UNTV CH / OHCHR

UN police advisors serving with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) recently visited a secondary school in Yambio, the capital of Western Equatoria to talk to some 25 students about children’s rights, how to prevent and report incidents of sexual and gender-based violence, and the importance of going to school to create better future opportunities for themselves. UNMISS

At the bi-weekly press conference in Geneva Jeremy Laurence, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) briefed the journalist on the latest development in Iran. UNTV CH / OHCHR

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that there was widespread misuse of antibiotics throughout the global COVID-19 pandemic that has potentially fuelled the propagation of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). UNTV CH

Briefing the Council on the destruction of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September 2022, a top political affairs official reiterated that “any intentional damage to critical civilian infrastructure is of serious concern and should be condemned and investigated,” and urged everyone “to exercise restraint while we wait for the remaining investigation to conclude and for the information to be shared accordingly.” UNIFEED

"The conflict in Syria is an open wound – for millions of Syrian people, above all, including families who long for the return of their missing loved ones, and for answers about what happened to them,” High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk told the General Assembly. OHCHR

The verified number of children killed in attacks across Ukraine has increased by nearly 40 per cent this year compared to last, as deadly attacks continue, UNICEF warned. UNICEF

The High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk told the General Assembly that the establishment of the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic, “will help to alleviate the suffering of people on all sides of the conflict, as it assists them to exercise their right – their profound need – to know what has happened to their loved ones.” UNIFEED

Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Geir Pedersen said that as the grim specter of regional conflict loomed over Syria once again, he is “extremely alarmed at this dangerous and escalatory spiral.” UNIFEED

Recently returned from a visit to Haiti, the World Food Program (WFP) Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau told reporters in New York that the country is experiencing the “worst” humanitarian situation since the 2010 earthquake. UNIFEED