"ANNIVERSARIES"

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “We are not dealing with gaps – we are dealing with outright inaction and negligence in the protection of minority rights.” UNIFEED

Marking the International Day of Peace, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “As we meet today, peace is under assault.” UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General António Guterres laid a wreath to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the death of former Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld. UNIFEED

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Security Council, "The Russian military has turned the territory of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, the Zaporizhzhia power plant, into a war zone. This is a fact,” adding that “Russia should unconditionally stop nuclear blackmail.” UNIFEED

Ukraine’s immediate fate important to world, delegate tells Security Council, calling for cessation of war.

The United Nations humanitarian agency OCHA warned that the funding shortfall for aid operations is the biggest it’s ever been, at nearly $34 billion. UNTV CH

Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia that it was “particularly timely to recognize that Mongolia has shown its commitment to non-proliferation and disarmament by declaring itself a nuclear weapons-free zone.” UNIC MONGOLIA

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Speaking at a ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Secretary-General António Guterres said it was “totally unacceptable for states in possession of nuclear weapons to admit the possibility of a nuclear war.” UNIC TOKYO

The Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), Dr. Robert Floyd, said that even without having entered into force, the Treaty “is already helping to save lives.” UNIFEED