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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Emma Farge

UN rights session planned on Ukraine, to address Mariupol 'mass casualties'

A view shows the city in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the port city of Mariupol, Ukraine May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Pavel Klimov

The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Ukraine this week, an official said on Monday, after Kyiv called for a review of the situation there, including reports of mass casualties in Mariupol.

Diplomats told Reuters that the meeting, set to take place on Thursday, could include a resolution that would task the newly formed Commission of Inquiry into the war with providing a detailed report to the council later this year.

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