"CIVIL AVIATION"

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that UN Humanitarian Air Service – UNHAS – flights into and out of Sana’a airport in Yemen scheduled for today have been cancelled, said a UN Spokesperson. UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General.

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

Monthly Press Briefing by First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy.

Sven Jürgenson, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Estonia, reads a statement on the forced landing of a RyanAir flight in Minsk, Belarus on 23 May 2021 in behalf of European Union members of the UN Security Council.

In a Joint Statement read out by Estonian Ambassador Sven Jürgenson, Estonia, France, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States, condemned the forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk, Belarus, on 23 May and the detention by Belarusian authorities of journalist Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega. UNIFEED

Ministers in Security Council stress need to adapt, reform ancient United Nations structures, as multilateralism erodes under weight of multiple challenges.

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

Iran committed multiple human rights violations in shooting down Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 that killed all of the 176 passengers and crew onboard, as well as in the aftermath of the deadly attack, according to a UN Human Rights expert. UNIFEED

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