"CONFLICT SITUATION"

Cycle of violence in Gaza must stop, top United Nations official in Middle East tells Security Council while reporting 60 demonstrators killed overnight at 8256th meeting.

Press Encounter with Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

In a statement released today (15 May), UNICEF chief Henrietta Fore said attacks on children in conflict have continued unabated during the first four months of the year as parties to conflicts continued to blatantly disregard one of the most basic rules in war, the protection of children, with little remorse and even less accountability. UNICEF

Rising Tensions between Pristina, Belgrade threatening efforts to forge lasting peace in Kosovo, Special Representative tells Security Council at 8254th meeting.

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

According to the Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), April was the “deadliest” month so far this year in Yemen, with nearly 480 civilian victims. UNTV CH

Amid ongoing drawdown of peace operation in Darfur, security situation remains stable, civilian protection intact, mission head tells Security Council at 8252nd meeting.

Conflict has increased food insecurity in the Near East and to reverse this situation it is crucial to strengthen the resilience of poor, rural communities, including through social protection systems, said today the Director-General of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) José Graziano da Silva. FAO

The World Food Programme (WFP) is pre-positioning food before many communities in South Sudan become inaccessible by road as the May-July lean season arrives during the rainy season which cuts access to 60 percent of the country from mid-May. WFP

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