"STEPHANE DUJARRIC"

The United Nations is concerned about the continuous slowdown of the implementation of the Black Sea Initiative, observed particularly in the months of April and May, a UN Spokesperson said. UNIFEED

The Secretary-General takes note of the appeal judgement in the case against Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović and extends his thoughts to the victims, and survivors and their families who have suffered from the crimes for which both defendants have been found guilty, a UN Spokesperson said. The judgement marks the conclusion of the last case relating to core crimes that the Mechanism inherited from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. UNIFEED

A number of UN agencies, including the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and UNAIDS have said “they are appalled that the draconian and discriminatory anti-gay bill is now passed into law in Uganda,” a UN spokesperson told reporters in New York. UNIFEED

The World Food Programme has now reached more than 600,000 vulnerable people with food and nutrition aid since restarting distributions in Sudan, a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED

A UN Spokesperson said Fulgence Kayishema’s apprehension "sends a powerful message that those who are alleged to have committed such crimes cannot evade justice and will eventually be held accountable, even more than a quarter of a century later.” UNIFEED

The UN Mission in Central African Republic (MINUSCA) continues to monitor the situation and to engage with local authorities in the Vakaga prefecture, where refugees from Sudan continue to arrive, a UN Spokesperson informed. UNIFEED

A UN spokesperson said, “We and our partners continue to help the Government respond to the deadly floods and landslides” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. UNIFEED

The Secretary-General, António Guterres, welcomes the signing by the parties to the conflict in Sudan of the Declaration of Commitment to protect civilians and guarantee the safe passage of humanitarian aid in the country, a UN Spokesperson informed. UNIFEED

Asked about alternative plans for the Black Sea Grain Initiative, the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General said, “there is no plan B for the Black Sea”, adding, “We can't move the ports”. UNIFEED / FILE

Briefing reporters on the situation in Sudan, a UN spokesperson said that the Secretary-General dispatched Martin Griffiths, the Emergency Relief Coordinator, to the region “to explore how we can bring immediate relief to millions of people whose lives have been turned upside down by the ongoing fighting in Sudan”. UNIFEED