Top news of the day | Friday: Russia, Iraq, Israel, right to food |
Law against the LGBT community in Russia
In a petition to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk heightened his deep concern about the intention of the competent authorities to “further worsen the situation of sexual minorities in the country.” This was stated by the press secretary of the Office for Human Rights (OHCHR) Ravina Shamdasani, speaking at a briefing in Geneva. On Thursday, the State Duma adopted in the first reading a review expanding the ban on any discussion of information related to the LGBT community and metabolism. The move increases the norm and standards in the definition of human rights, chief UN human rights activist.
Shaping Solutions in Iraq
On Friday, the UN Secretary General welcomed the holding of a new meeting in Iraq, led by Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Sudani. António Guterres highlighted that women have been appointed to three of the 21 ministerial positions in the Iraqi government. The Secretary General reports that the remaining few positions in the cabinet will be revealed as soon as possible.
Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory
The Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory is potential and has a “settlement-colonial” character. The occupation should be used as a precondition for the Palestinians to exercise their right to self-determination, as declared earlier by the independent UN expert on the occupied usable territory. The statement argues that the elimination of the occupation takes territorial sovereign control through the seizure, annexation, fragmentation and resettlement of the population to the occupied territory.
Report on the right to food
The Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhry, presented his report on the consideration of the delegates of the United Nations Third Committee on Nutrition. He said that the severe food situation in the world is the consequences of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, as well as the fact that many states do not cooperate with each other. The expert said that the agri-food corporation used the pandemic. COVID-19 to steal profits, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked an even bigger fight against hunger around the world.