UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said, “UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk urges all States to insist upon and assist the parties to the conflict in immediately implementing a humanitarian corridor to ensure safe and unimpeded access to humanitarian aid.” UNTV CH
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk issued an urgent plea to all States with influence to take steps to defuse the “powder keg” situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, a spokesperson said. UNTV CH
UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif said, “I am deeply concerned by the continued and widespread deterioration of the human rights situation in Haiti and its impact on the region.” UNTV CH
On the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Iranian human rights and women’s rights defender Narges Mohammadi, UN human rights spokesperson Liz Throssell said, “What is absolutely clear is that the women of Iran have been a source of inspiration for the world.” UNTV CH
Marking the International Day of Older Persons, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said, “75 years ago, when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted, one in 20 people in the world, for around 128 million people, were aged 65 years or older, by 2050 it is projected that those over 65 will number 1.6 billion people,” adding “one in six people on this planet will be an older person.” UNIFEED