“The Secretariat will continue to […] engage Iranian authorities with a view to addressing, as the Secretary-General underscored in his statement of 3 January, the legitimate concerns of the population through peaceful means and avoid violence or retribution against peaceful protestors,” Tayé-Brook...

Despite progress in opening Yemen’s Red Sea ports to commercial and aid shipments, the UN relief chief approved the largest-ever emergency relief allocation amid concerns that an upsurge in fighting and airstrikes is worsening the humanitarian catastrophe. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=58386#.Wk_tRlWnHIU

The United Nations human rights wing on Friday expressed deep shock that 20 people were reported to have been executed in Egypt since last week, amid concerns that due process and fair trial guarantees did not appear to have been followed. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=58384#.Wk_IY1WnHIU

More than 5,000 refugees are estimated to have arrived in southern Chad since late December, escaping clashes between armed groups in the Central African Republic town of Paoua, Babar Baloch, spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told reporters Friday.

In an interview with UN News, Youla Haddadin, Advisor on Trafficking in Persons with UN human rights wing, said cabin crew and flight attendants develop strong observation skills and the guidelines jointly developed with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) can draw on those skills...