Select MINURSO closure and Mexico accountability separately; Yemen and Somalia are older context. Do not compress closure, investigation and staff protection into one score.
UN News dated 1 November reports the end of MINURSO operations and start of liquidation after Council disagreement on its future. The Secretary-General reaffirmed self-determination and efforts towards a peaceful solution through his Personal Envoy.
Original source ↗UN News dated 1 November profiles Zorayda Gallegos’s investigation of military sexual violence, complainants’ barriers and threats to the reporter. The investigation concerns reports over 12 years, not new incidents on 2 November.
Original source ↗UN News dated31 October reports that the rights chief requested medical and detention records, preservation of evidence and independent scrutiny after a Yemeni colleague died in Houthi custody. This edition has not independently established the death’s timing or cause.
Original source ↗UN News dated31 October says UNTMIS concludes its work that day, while UN humanitarian and development agencies remain. Closure of the political mission does not mean the entire UN leaves or the crisis ends.
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