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After Security Council consultations on the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), Secretary-General António Guterres expressed “full confidence in Volker Perthes as Special Representative of the Secretary-General,” and said it was “up to the Security Council” whether it “supports the continuation of the Mission for another period or whether the Security Council decides that it is time to end it.” UNIFEED

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

Briefing the Security Council on the issue of Western weapons supplies to Ukraine, the Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Adedeji Ebo, said, “the provision of military assistance to the armed forces of Ukraine has continued,” while reportedly there have also been weapons transfers “to the Russian armed forces for use in Ukraine.” UNIFEED

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

The UN Security Council condemned on Thursday a Taliban administration ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations and called on Taliban leaders to "swiftly reverse" a crackdown on the rights of women and girls. UNIFEED

The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, said, “Emanating from any arms transfer is the inherent risk of diversion of the equipment to unauthorized end users.” UNIFEED

The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, told the Security Council that “the risk of a nuclear weapon being used is currently higher than at any time since the depth of the cold war,” and the war in Ukraine “represents the most acute example of that risk.” UNIFEED

The Security Council failed to adopt a Russian-proposed draft resolution regarding the 26 September 2022 explosions that caused physical damage to the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea. UNIFEED

The United Nations top humanitarian official said it was “vital for global food security” that the Black Sea Grain Initiative, and the parallel Memorandum of Understanding between the Russian Federation and the UN Secretariat on the facilitation of Russian food and fertilizer exports continue, “and should be fully implemented.” UNIFEED

Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya told the Security Council that the principles of Integral Ukrainian Nationalism are based “on the supremacy of the Ukrainian nation over others” and said this was “the reason why Russophobia has become the ideology of an independent Ukraine.” UNIFEED