The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, criticized Russia’s attack on Ukraine on Thursday, warning of the “massive impact” on millions of Ukrainians and the nuclear threat that weighs on the “whole of humanity”.
“The raising of the alert level of nuclear weapons underlines the seriousness of the risks that weigh on the whole of humanity,” Bachelet declared, before the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Bachelet warned that “the Russian Federation’s military attack on Ukraine opened a new and dangerous chapter in world history.”
On Sunday, after launching the invasion against Ukraine on February 24, the Russian president ordered the nuclear deterrent force to be placed on alert.
The 47 member states of the UN Human Rights Council met in an emergency session at the request of Ukraine, which has drafted a resolution calling for an international investigation.
According to the latest UN balance sheet, the conflict has left 230 civilians dead – including 15 children and 525 wounded – but Bachelet warned that the figures on the ground could be much higher. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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