"CONFLICT SITUATION"

A UN humanitarian official today (12 May) reported that on Monday, another 174 civilians were evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine, bringing the total number of civilians evacuated from the steel and neighbouring areas to over 600. UNIFEED

Member States discuss how to advance, explore and consider options for ensuring adequate, predictable and sustained financing for peacebuilding.

Secretary-General António Guterres visited sites of suspected war crimes in Ukraine where he condemned the “evil” acts committed against civilians and urged criminal accountability. OCHA

Following a tête-a-tête meeting between Secretary-General António Guterres and President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation Tuesday, spokesperson Farhan Haq said “our Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is mobilising a team on behalf of the UN system to coordinate the evacuation of civilians in the Azovstal plant in Mariupol and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is also involved in the coordination efforts.” UNIFEED / FILE

Member States continue to discuss how to advance, explore and consider options for ensuring adequate, predictable and sustained financing for peacebuilding.

Member States discuss how to advance, explore and consider options for ensuring adequate, predictable and sustained financing for peacebuilding.

Ahead of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Secretary-General António Guterres met in Moscow with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and reiterated his “deep conviction that the sooner we end this war, the better – for the people of Ukraine, for the people of the Russian Federation, and those far beyond.” COURTESY MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS RUSSIAN FEDERATION

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Geir O. Pedersen, told the Security Council that the country “is a hot conflict, not a frozen one”, with airstrikes in the northwest picking up, intensified clashes around Afrin and the northeast, and exchanges of rocket fire and shelling across all frontlines. UNIFEED

After arriving at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi said this was “not only a symbolic visit,” and noted that “there is a lot of work to be done after the occupation of this plant.” IAEA

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told a ministerial roundtable hosted by the World Bank Group and the Ukrainian Government “with your financial support we will quickly rebuild our nation.” WORLD BANK