"LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD"

Warning the Security Council that the situation at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant “continues to be extremely fragile and dangerous”, the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, listed five principles to help prevent a nuclear accident. UNIFEED

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Geir O. Pedersen, today (30 May) said it was “vital” that recent diplomatic moves in Syria “are matched with real action,” as the Syrian people “continue to suffer on massive scale.” UNIFEED

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

Secretary-General António Guterres said, “crisis atop of crisis is threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions across the Horn of Africa,” and called on donors to “act now to prevent crisis from turning into catastrophe.” UNIFEED

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.

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

Speaking to journalists, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States, said, “We will not rest. And we will not relent until Paul, Evan, and all hostages and wrongfully detained Americans are brought back safe and sound.” UNIFEED

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.

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