UN human rights chief urges restraint to prevent wider conflict in Middle East


United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. - Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP

GENEVA: Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, urged all countries to practice restraint to avoid "a wider conflict in the Middle East with potentially devastating consequences for civilians”.

In a statement Wednesday (Oct 2), Turk said, "I implore all States, including members of the Security Council, to act resolutely to prevent a wider conflict in the Middle East with potentially devastating consequences for civilians. It is vital that they use their voices and influence to bring the warring parties to the negotiating table to end this."

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