World News Briefs: Sudan, Kyrgyzstan, DRC, Haiti
UN News Summary - June 10, 2024
Here’s a summary of the key news from the UN today, June 10, 2024:
Sudan:
* Fighting continues in Sudan, particularly in El Fasher, North Darfur, leading to a worsening humanitarian situation.
* Tensions are rising in the Kordofan region, with nearly 1,000 people displaced from Lagawa town in West Kordofan.
* Dilling and Kadugli in South Kordofan are under siege, facing supply route disruptions and shortages of essential goods.
* The UN emphasizes that civilians are bearing the brunt of the violence, but humanitarian aid continues to be delivered were access allows.
Kyrgyzstan:
* The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has urged Kyrgyzstan not to reintroduce the death penalty following a recent horrific crime.
* Reintroducing the death penalty would violate international law,as Kyrgyzstan abolished it in 2010 after ratifying a key international treaty.
* The authorities are considering constitutional amendments to allow capital punishment and potentially withdrawing from the treaty.
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC):
* health systems in North and South Kivu are collapsing due to ongoing conflict and the presence of armed groups.
* 85% of health facilities in the region face medicine shortages, and nearly 40% have lost medical staff.
* In North Kivu,a third of health facilities in conflict zones have been destroyed,looted,or abandoned.
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