"SECURITY COUNCIL"

On recent leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Navid Hanif told Security Council, “any attack on critical civilian infrastructure, including energy infrastructure, would be unacceptable. This incident must not be allowed to further increase tensions or deepen divisions in an already tense regional context.” UNIFEED

Russia vetoed a Security Council resolution introduced by the United States and Albania condemning the country’s proclaimed annexation of parts of Ukraine. UNIFEED

The head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo said, “A clear indicator of the deteriorating situation is the surge in internal displacement since January 2022, which has brought the total number of displaced people to 5.5 million – the largest caseload in Africa.” UNIFEED

The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu told the Security Council that “unfortunately, the Syrian Arab Republic continues to place conditions” on the chemical weapons Declaration Assessment Team (DAT) deployment to the country. UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres said any decision by the Russian Federation to proceed with the annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine “would have no legal value and deserves to be condemned.” UNIFEED

Press conference by António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General on the annexation of Ukrainian territory.

Security Council renews authorization to inspect vessels suspected of smuggling migrants, human trafficking from Libya, adopting resolution 2652 (2022).

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland said, “Israelis and Palestinians must determine how they envision the future. Negotiations can no longer be pushed off indefinitely. The current course is leading us towards a perpetual state of violence and conflict.” UNIFEED

Having just returned to Juba after briefing the UN Security Council in New York on the progress being made in South Sudan, the UNMISS Special Representative of the Secretary General spoke to the media in the capital, Juba. UNMISS