And on Friday I had the great pleasure to host 🇺🇳High Commissioner for #HumanRights Volker Türk. If our work leads to anything, it must be human dignity for all. There are hopeful human rights stories every day, everywhere, doing just that! We must own & multiply that hope.

On Wednesday #MultilateralismDay , my 🇪🇺EU colleagues and I held a “mini-retreat” to look ahead at how we can ensure an ambitious and trust-building 🇺🇳 Summit of the Future in September. We’ll work together with all UN member states & civil society to try to make it a success.

This week was one more productive one in NYC.

On Monday, I hosted 🇺🇳Ambassador friends, from UN ECOSOC President Paula Narváez to #G77 Adonia Ayebare, to discuss how to work together on supporting the @UN agenda going forward. A very fruitful and timely conversation. 🧵

Delighted to meet Ayman Safadi.

Discussed the alarming situation in #WestBank & #Gaza , the urgency of full humanitarian access, & the importance of a political solution for peace & security

EU & Jordan will continue working together to avoid further escalation in the region

Iraq: 🇪🇺 is concerned by the adoption of legislation foreseeing imprisonment for people engaging in consensual same-sex relations. The EU calls on legislators to respect 🇮🇶own intl obligations on prohibiting any form of discrimination. eeas.europa.eu/eeas/iraq-stat…

How to end the suffering & find sustainable solutions in the #MiddleEast was the focus of my mtg w/ Espen Barth Eide.

The Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee co-chaired by EU & Norway is a key forum in this context.

Need to move from managing crises to implementing the two-state solution.

🔴LIVE: HR/VP Josep Borrell Fontelles joins World Economic Forum World Economic Forum Special Meeting on 'Stakeholder dialogue North to South, East to West: Rebuilding Trust', with Sri Lanka FM M U M Ali Sabry, Saudi Arabia FM Prince فيصل بن فرحان & WEF President Børge Brende twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Discussed extensively with Egyptian Foreign Minister Shoukry the situation in the region.

Agreed on the need to:

1️⃣ end the war in Gaza
2️⃣ ensure full humanitarian access
3️⃣ take serious steps towards implementing the two-state solution.

In Riyadh for the World Economic Forum #SpecialMeeting24 .

A chance to exchange with regional and international partners on the most pressing challenges we all face and the changing global dynamics.

I join #SouthAfrica 🇿🇦 in the celebration of #Freedomday2024 marking the end of Apartheid.

Your spirit of unity and reconciliation is humbling.

The EU & South Africa share a commitment to democracy and human rights.

#Freedom30 #AUEU

Russia: Disregarding international law & rules, 🇷🇺continues to take measures against EU companies.

Subsidiaries of Italian & German companies were put under 'temporary external management' by a RU firm.

The EU calls on Russia to reverse these measures
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Marking 30 years since the first post-apartheid elections, the EU joins #SouthAfrica in the celebration of #FreedomDay2024 .

We salute your spirit of unity and reconciliation and your firm commitment to democracy and human rights.

DIRCO South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦

Here’s my #1week1minute 🎥

✔️ Strengthened cooperation with United Nations António Guterres, United NationsDP & United NationsICEF in #NewYork 🗽

✔️ European Investment Fund annual general meeting

✔️New European Investment Bank investments in 🇩🇪🇫🇷🇱🇹🇺🇦

An EU humanitarian air bridge flight landed in Egypt today, delivering 42 tonnes of health, logistics, shelter and hygiene items for Gaza's most vulnerable.

This 48th air bridge operation confirms the EU’s commitment to helping Palestinians caught in the ongoing crisis.

'The race to net zero cannot trample over the poor'

– António Guterres launches a new Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals to address issues of transparency, sustainability & human rights, and ensure a just transition for all. #ClimateAction
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#EU historic first-ever 🇪🇺 candidate for 🇺🇳 #CRPD Inmaculada Placencia Porrero is visiting UN HQ this week, to meet committed counterparts and present her extensive experience and passion in advancing the human rights of persons with disabilities!

In light of the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the EU has allocated an additional €68 million in humanitarian aid to help provide the desperately needed food assistance, health care, water and sanitation, and more.

Read more. ↓

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EU further steps up humanitarian assistance for Palestinians.

The critical condition of Palestinians in extreme peril is getting disastrous beyond words.

Palestinians in #Gaza cannot wait any longer for meaningful aid to arrive.

Israel must do more to avert a further human disaster. Respect of #IHL is paramount.

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#EU ’s first ever candidate for the UN CRPD is in town meeting UN MS!

Give a listen and vote for Inmaculada at the UN in June ▶️