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The UN Human Rights Council votes to demand a halt in all arms sales to Israel, highlighting warnings of "genocide" in its war in Gaza, which has killed more than 33,000 people. The resolution, which passed with 28 of the council's 47 member states voting in favour, six opposed and 13 abstaining, marks the first time the United Nations top rights body has taken a position on the bloodiest-ever war to beset the besieged Palestinian territory. IMAGES
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets with representatives from the Gulf Cooperation Council, including the council's Secretary General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi and Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi. The meeting is set to touch on Russia's offensive in Ukraine and recent Israeli military operations in Palestine among other issues, according to Russian news agencies. IMAGES
In Geneva, a special session of the UN Human Rights Council opens to discuss the situation in Sudan. More than 750 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands have been displaced in the fighting that began on April 15 between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk condemns "this wanton violence, in which both sides have trampled international humanitarian law, notably the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution". IMAGES
The UN Security Council unanimously passes a resolution calling on the Taliban to "swiftly reverse" all restrictive measures against women. IMAGES
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrives for the afternoon session of the UN Security Council at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Lavrov is chairing the meeting about protecting the United Nations charter, a move that has been slammed by allies of Ukraine. IMAGES
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