The main news of the day | Friday: DRK, Haiti, Mus, food prices
Humanitarian assistance to UNICEF in Haiti. The main news of the day | Friday: DRK, Haiti, Mus, food prices UN The main news of the day in the UN and the world: a special session of the Human Rights Council on the situation in the DR Congo, a tenfold increase in the level of sexual violence against children in Haiti, the reaction of the MUS to the decision of the US on sanctions, reducing food prices. violence in DRC 62 > 62 >The crisis is aggravated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Supreme Commissar of the UN Human Rights Folker Turk, speaking at a special session of the Human Rights Council for DRC, which opened today in Geneva. The main human rights activist of the UN said that, according to confirmed data, almost 3 thousand people and 2 & NBSP; 880 were wounded from January 26. According to him, real numbers can be much higher. The Directorate of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UVKPH) currently checks numerous messages about cases of rape, group rape and sexual slavery in conflict zones. ~ 60 > children in Haiti Last year, a tenfold increase in the scale of sexual violence against children, compared to 2023, was recorded in Haiti, the representative of the UN children’s Fund (UNICEF) James Elder to journalists in Geneva. In addition, according to him, the recruitment of children in armed groups intensified by 70 percent. Now, up to half of all gang members are children, some of which are only eight years old. Elder emphasized that children’s support programs can break the vicious circle of violence. However, last year, less than 30 percent of the necessary means for the Humanitarian assistance of UNICEF in Haiti. US sanctions against mus /////////////h2 > in the International Criminal Court (MUS) expressed a decisive disagreement with the publication of the executive decree aimed at imposing sanctions against officials of the Musa and “undermining it independent and impartial activity. ” The court supports its employees and undertakes to continue to provide justice and remain the source of & nbsp; hopes for & nbsp; “Millions of victims of crimes, the cases of which are under consideration,” the statement said. Mus called on 125 participating states, civil society and all countries of the world to unite in defense of justice and human rights. index Fao in January 2025 the average value of the food price index of the food and agricultural organization (FAO) was 1.6 percent lower than the revised December indicator. The rise in prices for dairy products and grains was reduced by a decrease in the cost of sugar, vegetable oils and meat. So, the average value of sugar prices was 6.8 percent below the level of December and 18.5 percent lower than the corresponding value of last year, which became the lowest indicator since October 2022.