Jakarta, Feb. 27 -- Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to address the serious human rights violations committed by Israel against Palestinians.

Marsudi made the statement at the High-Level Segment of the 55th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday (February 26), which also marked the start of Indonesia's membership in the council for the 2024-2026 period.

"The second thing that I conveyed in the Human Rights Council meeting was the importance of intensifying efforts to overcome the humanitarian crisis," she noted in a written statement from her ministry.

According to the minister, the refugee crisis, triggered by war and conflict, requires globa...