UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres supports the views of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk that the US airstrikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific violate international human rights law, a UN spokesperson said.
Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for the UN chief, said at a daily briefing that "none of the individuals on the targeted boats appear to pose an imminent threat to the lives of others or otherwise justify the use of lethal armed force against them under international law, " echoing Turk.
"We want to make sure that established law enforcement methods are used to deal with questions of illegal trafficking on the high seas, " the spokesperson said.