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Briefing the Security Council, Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, said that the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam “means the plight of people in Ukraine is set to get even worse.” UNIFEED

On 8 June World Oceans Day will be celebrated worldwide, serving as a poignant reminder of the immense significance of the ocean in our daily lives. FAO

Algeria, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia were elected as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council following a vote in the General Assembly and will join premier body for maintaining international peace and security, starting in January, serving for a two-year period. UNIFEED

The UN stands ready to work with the Haitian authorities and other partners to help ease the suffering of those in need after the 5.5 magnitude earthquake that on Tuesday hit the area near the southern city of Jerémie, in the department of Grand’Anse, a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, called the damage caused to the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine a “monumental humanitarian, economic and ecological catastrophe”, also noting that the UN “has no access to independent information on the circumstances that led to the destruction”. UNIFEED

Global growth has slowed sharply, and the risk of financial stress in emerging market and developing economies is intensifying amid elevated global interest rates, according to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report. WORLD BANK

More than 13,800 people have arrived in the Central African Republic to escape fighting in neighboring Sudan. UNHCR and partners are providing protection and humanitarian aid to new arrivals and relocating them to a safer site. UNCHR

After the Nova Kakhovka dam was severely damaged leading to a significant reduction in the level of the reservoir used to supply cooling water to the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said that the agency’s “current assessment is that there is no immediate risk to the safety of the plant.” IAEA