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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

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

Roger Waters, artist and civil peace activist, told the UN Security Council, “The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation was illegal. I condemn it in the strongest possible terms. Also, the Russian invasion of Ukraine was not unprovoked. So, I also condemn the provocateurs in the strongest possible terms.” UNIFEED

The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said that in Ukraine, humanitarian access to areas under the temporary military control of the Russian Federation has become increasingly unpredictable and difficult to achieve. 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 latest intercontinental ballistic missile test from the People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the top UN political affairs official told the Security Council that “tensions continue to increase” in the Korean Peninsula and “with no off ramps insight.” UNIFEED

Following the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) launch of an unprecedented number of cruise and ballistic missiles over the course of just 48 hours this week, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, said, “given the potential risks associated with any military confrontation, in exercise of its primary responsibility, the Security Council needs to do all it can to prevent an escalation.” UNIFEED

Security Council extends mandate of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon for one year, unanimously adopting resolution 2650 (2022).

Security Council presidential statement calls for bolstered efforts, better coordination to prevent conflict, sustain peace in Africa.

Restrictions on fundamental human rights, especially for women, girls exacerbating bleak humanitarian plight in Afghanistan, briefers warn Security Council.