"CHEMICAL WEAPONS"

Significant progress being made in evidence collection of ISIL/Da’esh’s crimes in Iraq, investigating team head tells Security Council.

A UN Official for Disarmament Affairs told the Security Council that the United Nations is still not aware of any biological weapons programmes in Ukraine. UNIFEED

United Nations unaware of any biological weapons programmes in Ukraine, top disarmament official affirms, as Security Council considers new claims by Russian Federation.

Briefing by Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States Representative and President of the Security Council for the month of May, on the Council's programme of work for May.

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, told the Security Council on Friday that the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons continues to document instances of chemical weapons use in Syria. UNIFEED

Syria's failure to remedy pending issues of chemical weapons use is 'wake up call' for international community, disarmament chief tells Security Council.

Informal comments to the media by Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, on Ukraine.

The United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, told the Security Council that over the past year, “sexual violence continued to be committed as a tactic of war, torture, terrorism and political repression,” with a reported increase of "some 800 cases compared with 2020.” UNIFEED

Briefing General Assembly, International Mechanism head calls crimes committed in Syria ‘barbaric’, urges pursuing accountability.