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A UN top political affairs official told the Security Council that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK’s) launches “represent a serious risk to international civil aviation and maritime traffic.” UNIFEED

Immediately following the ICC Libya Briefing in the Security Council: Statement by Switzerland and Japan, ICC Co-Focal Points in the UNSC on behalf of members of the Security Council, as well as incoming members, that are States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, on Libya.

China and Russia vetoed a draft resolution sponsored by the United States, while a second Russian-backed resolution failed to adopt having failed to get sufficient votes in favour, deepening the Security Council’s deadlock over any unified response to address the crisis in Gaza and Israel. UNIFEED

The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question

Comments to the media by Sérgio França Danese, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations, on behalf of the representatives from Albania, Brazil, Ecuador, France, Gabon, Japan, Malta, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States, on Women, Peace and Security - Security Council Media Stakeout.

The situation in Libya.

The Security Council failed to adopt a draft resolution introduced by Russia on the recent escalation of violence in Israel and Gaza and the ensuing humanitarian crisis. UNIFEED

Two critical energy autotransformers have arrived in Ukraine, to help ensure power to over half a million people. UNDP

Global economic leaders gathered for the plenary of the IMFC in Marrakech, Morocco. Thousands of journalists, policymakers, bankers and civil society organizations are gathered there for the Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank. IMF

The UN General Assembly elected 15 new countries to serve on the Human Rights Council. UNIFEED