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According to the UN, 339 million people will require humanitarian aid this year just to survive. Almost one third of these people live in countries subject to UN sanctions. UNIFEED

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is providing high-quality seeds to smallholder farmers and agricultural assistance for rural communities in front-line regions of Ukraine to ensure they will not miss the spring planting season. FAO

Informal comments to the media by Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Representative of the United States to the United Nations; Ambassador Bob Rae, Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations; Ambassador Martin Gallagher, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Ireland; and Elizabeth Whelan, on the situation in Ukraine ahead of the Security Council meeting on Effective multilateralism through the defence of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.

A group of 46 countries said it was “deeply concerned over Russia’s announcement that it has detained a Wall Street Journal reporter” and protested “Russian efforts to limit and intimidate the media.” UNIFEED

A group of activists from the Arab region participating in the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York warned about a deterioration of the women’s situation in their countries. UNIFEED

Greater acceptance, participation in International Court of Justice’s compulsory jurisdiction key for improving global dispute settlement, Security Council hears.

Greater acceptance, participation in International Court of Justice’s compulsory jurisdiction key for improving global dispute settlement, Security Council hears.

Hybrid press briefing by Ambassador ISHIKANE Kimihiro, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of January.