"ROSEMARY A. DICARLO"

Briefing the Security Council on the latest developments in Libya, the UN chief of political affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, said, “We are concerned that the protracted political impasse is having an increasingly negative impact on security, as shown by the clashes in Tripoli last week.” UNIFEED

The UN top political affairs official and two experts told the Security Council how new technologies are affecting the international peace and security situation and how the UN can respond to the situation. UNIFEED

Addressing the Security Council on Tuesday, Ukraine's President told Member States he was speaking on behalf of the civilians who died in the six-weeks war by asking them to remove the Russian Federation from the Council, find a way for peace or “dissolve yourself altogether.” UNIFEED

During a Security Council meeting requested by Russia citing allegations of military biological activities in Ukraine, Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, said the Organization "is not aware of any biological weapons programmes.” UNIFEED

Briefing the Security Council via videoconference from Munich, Germany, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo, warned that the current situation in the region is “extremely dangerous,” and stressed that reports of fresh ceasefire violations across the contact line over the past several hours, if verified, “must not be allowed to escalate further.” UNIFEED

Under Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary Dicarlo told the Security Council that “sanctions remain a vital Charter-based tool available to the Council to ensure the maintenance of international peace and security,” but stressed that “more can be done to reduce the possible adverse consequences” of these sanctions. UNIFEED

Under Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary Dicarlo told the Security Council that it was “painfully obvious” that escalation of the Ukraine conflict “would mean more needless killing and destruction.” UNIFEED

UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo noted that Libya is at a “delicate and fragile juncture in its path to unity and stability,” and said, “As so many Libyans have told us, the way towards a stable and united Libya is through the ballot box, not the gun. We must stand with them.” UNIFEED

Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo appealed to the United States to lift its sanctions on Iran as outlined in the JCPOA and called on Iran “to reverse the steps it has taken that are not consistent with its nuclear-related commitments under the Plan.” UNIFEED

UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo said the risk of Ethiopia “descending into widening civil war is only too real” adding that the political repercussions of “intensifying violence in the wider region would be immense, compounding the many crises besetting the Horn of Africa.” UNIFEED