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Located in the southern Federal Member State of Jubaland, Dollow has been hard hit by Somalia’s current wave of drought. The UN has been working with district authorities and humanitarian partners to help those in need. UNSOM

UN chief of political affairs Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council, “the Secretary-General has followed with great alarm the reports of heavy fighting around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine,” reiterating that “every effort should be taken to avoid a catastrophic nuclear incident.” UNIFEED

Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Salih said that it is “inexcusable” that the position of certain countries, “notably the US and its European allies, to defend the TPLF’s illicit and dangerous acts of insurrection and mayhem and marshal all the tools in their disposal to rehabilitate it at any cost.” UNIFEED

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi said his country remains "committed to reaching, as soon as possible, a comprehensive, balanced, and legally binding agreement on the filling and operation of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam,” with the aim of “ensuring the survival of 150 million people in Egypt and Sudan and to avoid causing irreparable damage to the peoples of both countries.” UNIFEED

Security Council presidential statement encourages Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan to resume talks on Grand Renaissance Dam Project.

Informal comments to the media by Osama Abdelkhalek, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, on the Security Council Presidential Statement encouraging Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to resume negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project.

Informal comments to the media by Taye Atske Selassie, Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the United Nations, on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project.

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Informal comments to the media by Mariam al-Mahdi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sudan, on peace and security in Africa.

Informal comments to the media by Seleshi Bekele, Minister of Water, Irrigation, and Energy of Ethiopia on the Nile Dam following the Security Council, 8816th meeting on peace and security in Africa.