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The Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, told the agency’s Board of Governors that the international community “took a step in the right direction” to prevent a nuclear accident at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. IAEA

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Geir O. Pedersen, today (30 May) said it was “vital” that recent diplomatic moves in Syria “are matched with real action,” as the Syrian people “continue to suffer on massive scale.” UNIFEED

This year’s World Health Assembly concluded on Tuesday, with the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, describing the event as “long but fruitful”. WHO

General Assembly: 70th plenary meeting, 77th session.

The UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk expressed dismay at the frighteningly high number of executions this year in Iran and called on authorities to follow the lead of most other States and abolish the death penalty or halt all executions. UNTV CH

The situation in the Middle East - Security Council, 9313th meeting

The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, said, “Emanating from any arms transfer is the inherent risk of diversion of the equipment to unauthorized end users.” UNIFEED

Security Council Examines Risks of Illicit Weapons Exports, Hears International Instruments Are Paramount, in Debate on Arms Control