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The Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, said, “While sporadic military incidents continue to occur, levels of hostilities are significantly lower than before the truce.” UNIFEED

The UN welcomed a pledging event for the UN-led Safer project to avert a catastrophic oil spill in the Red Sea, but warned that more funds are needed to complete the process, a UN Spokesperson informed. UNIFEED

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

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

The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, told the Security Council that “the risk of a nuclear weapon being used is currently higher than at any time since the depth of the cold war,” and the war in Ukraine “represents the most acute example of that risk.” UNIFEED

Peruvian Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation called world leaders to “get out comfort zone, roll up our sleeves, put on our boots and lead the political, social, cultural and economic transformation that we need to face enormous challenges that our peoples demand in particular with the drinking water and sanitation agenda.” UNIFEED

Briefing reporters on the closing of the UN 2023 Water Conference, Henk Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, said, “We've been working very hard on getting this conference right. After the conference, the world has to continue working hard to get water right.” UNIFEED

“In Kenya, I walked beside women and girls as they risked their lives each day to fetch water. And closer to here, just last week, I ran through California San Joaquin Valley, listening to farmers explained the threat to their crops, livelihoods and communities of what is now a 23-year drought,” ultramarathon runner said at the 2023 Water Conference’s Interactive Dialogue. UNIFEED