Independent Investigative Mechanisms for Myanmar: Press Conference | United Nations

Press conference by Nicholas Koumjian, Head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM), on the situation in the country. The Head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, Nicholas Koumjian, said that since February 2021, when the country’s elected government was overthrown, “the number of crimes has unfortunately increased.” Briefing journalists in New York…… Read More

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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy pledges push for victory

Ukraine’s president pledges to push for victory in 2023 as the war enters its second year with no end in sight. Kyiv’s Western allies pour cold water on China’s 12-point plan aimed at securing a “political settlement” to end the conflict. The United States announces a new $2bn package of military aid for Ukraine and…… Read More

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UK, Nadia Murad & Pramila Patten on conflict-related sexual violence-Security Council Media Stakeout

Statement by Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon, the United Kingdom Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, along with Nobel Peace Laureate Nadia Murad and Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten (United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict) on accountability for conflict-related sexual violence…… Read More

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Women & Peace & Security – Security Council, 9016th meeting

High-level open debate on the theme “Conflict-related sexual violence: accountability as prevention – ending cycles of sexual violence in conflict” organized by the President of the Security Council for the month of April 2022, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. — In Security Council resolution 1820 (2008), conflict-related sexual violence was first…… Read More

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