"AGGRESSION"

Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that “no failure is more calamitous than the failure to prevent conflict,” and “development gains are often among the first casualties of war.” UNIFEED

The UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights told the Security Council that “concerns regarding the enjoyment of freedom of religion in Ukraine, including in occupied territory, have increased since February 2022.” UNIFEED

Threats to international peace and security - Security Council, 9470th meeting.

The High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, said that the 114 million refugees and displaced people worldwide are a tangible “but sometimes neglected symptom of the world’s current extreme disorder.” UNIFEED

A top UN humanitarian official said, “while much of the international attention is rightly concentrated on the grave events in the Middle East, it is important that we do not lose focus on other crises, particularly the war in Ukraine, which continues to inflict unimaginable levels of suffering.” UNIFEED

The UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria said, “I am sounding an alarm that the situation is now at its most dangerous for a long time”. UNIFEED

Referring to the conflict in Ukraine, a UN political affairs official warned the Security Council that, like in any other armed conflict, the supply of weapons and ammunition “raises significant concerns about the potential escalation of violence and the risks of diversion.” UNIFEED

Following September’s security incidents in Northern Kosovo, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, Caroline Ziadeh, warned the Security Council today that the situation “exacerbated an already deteriorating security environment”. UNIFEED

The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, warned the Security Council today that the current crisis “is one of the most difficult moments facing the Israeli and Palestinian people in the last 75 years.” UNIFEED

The Permanent Observer to the UN of the State of Palestine, Riyad H. Mansour, said, “We as Arab Group, as you see all of us united, are outraged by this massacre that has taken place, committed by the Israeli forces against a hospital, the Lutheran Hospital, in the Gaza Strip, in which, according to the initial figures, about what 500 civilians have been torn apart and massacred.” UNIFEED