"REPUBLIC OF KOREA"

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, presented his annual report to Member States at the 76th World Health Assembly, saying that the end of COVID-19 as a public health emergency of international concern is “a moment of relief and reflection.” WHO

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

Marking the beginning of Switzerland’s presidency of the Security Council, Permanent Representative Pascale Baeriswyl said that “there are intense discussions” to renew the Black Sea Grain Initiative and wished they are successful because the deal is “really saving lives all over the world.” UNIFEED

New data indicates declining confidence in childhood vaccines of up to 44 percentage points in some countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. UNICEF

General Assembly: 66th Plenary Meeting, 77th Session

Joint stakeout delivered by Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, on the DPRK's latest ICBM launch on behalf of the United States, Albania, Ecuador, France, Japan, Malta, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.

Non-Proliferation/Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

The UN senior official for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, Khaled Khiari, warned that “the lack of unity and action in the Security Council does little to slow the negative trajectory on the Korean Peninsula” and “the DPRK is unconstrained, and other parties are compelled to focus on military deterrence.” 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