"BARBARA WOODWARD"

Briefing Council members by videoconference, the Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, noted that the humanitarian operating environment in Ukraine remains complex and dangerous. UNIFEED / FILE

Speaking at a Security Council meeting presided by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, said “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in violation of the United Nations Charter and international law, is causing massive suffering and devastation to the country and its people, and adding to the global economic dislocation triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.” UNIFEED

UK Ambassador Barbara Woodward told reporters that the UK “strongly condemned” the Myanmar Armed Forces attack on unarmed children and civilians. UNIFEED

Barbara Woodward. Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, on the situation in Afghanistan.

UK Ambassador Barbara Woodward told reporters, “It is an appalling thing. Two out of three Afghans depend on humanitarian aid. And the UN could not and should not have to depend on being able to deliver aid effectively without women,” adding that “the Taliban is placing medieval misogyny above humanitarian need in Afghanistan.” UNIFEED

Marking one year since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the General Assembly approved today a resolution underscoring “the need to reach, as soon as possible, a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine in line with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.” UNIFEED

From the war in Ukraine to the response in health crisis and providing life-saving humanitarian aid, the work of the United Nations remained vital in a year marked by multiple overlapping crises. UNIFEED

The UN Security Council adopted a Resolution on Myanmar for the first time since the military unleashed a brutal crackdown on the people of Myanmar nearly two years ago. UNIFEED

Following the Security Council Meeting on Myanmar: The Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, Ambassador Barbara Woodward, briefs reporters on Myanmar at the Security Council Stakeout.