Members of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine will give a press conference in Geneva at the conclusion of the oral update to the Human Rights Council (HRC).
The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Václav Bálek (Czechia), has appointed Vrinda Grover of India as a member of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, which was created by the UN Human Rights Council in 2022.
The members of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine will give a hybrid press conference in Geneva to launch its comprehensive report. The report follows their oral update to the Human Rights Council (HRC) last September.
"Our world is in big trouble.
Divides are growing deeper.
Inequalities are growing wider."
— António Guterres
"Today marks a sad and tragic milestone – six months since Russia’s 24th of February invasion of Ukraine.
During this devastating period, thousands of civilians have been killed and injured, including hundreds of children.
Countless others have lost their family members, friends and loved ones."
— António Guterres
"In five days, Ukrainians and Russians will mark Easter. This holiday unites the Orthodox Christians in both Russia and Ukraine -- as well as Catholic Ukrainians -- in celebration.
Easter is a season for renewal, resurrection and hope."
— António Guterres
"The war in Ukraine is one of the greatest challenges ever to the international order and the global peace architecture, founded on the United Nations Charter."
— António Guterres
"Today, I am announcing that in the exercise of my good offices, I have asked Martin Griffiths, the Coordinator of our humanitarian work worldwide, immediately to explore with the parties involved the possible agreements and arrangements for a humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine." — António Guterres
"One month ago, the Russian Federation launched a massive invasion of the sovereign territory of Ukraine in violation of the UN Charter." — António Guterres
"In the past week, a country has been thrown into chaos; a region has been upended; and the reverberations are being felt around the world." — António Guterres
"The fighting in Ukraine must stop.
It is raging across the country, from air, land and sea.
It must stop now."
— António Guterres
"We are seeing Russian military operations inside the sovereign territory of Ukraine on a scale that Europe has not seen in decades." — António Guterres
