"ELECTRIC POWER"

Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine.

Press Conference by António Guterres (UN Secretary-General) ahead of the G20 summit (New Delhi, India) at the UN House.

Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company started discharging Advanced Liquid Processing System-treated water stored at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the sea, International Atomic Energy Agency’s experts present at the site confirmed. IAEA / FILE

In Mozambique’s Nampula province, UNHCR has partnered with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the government to provide electricity to refugees and displaced people living at the Maratane refugee settlement, under the Energy for All project. UNHCR

The United Nations top humanitarian official said attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure “have left millions of people without access to heat, electricity and water, adding another dangerous dimension to the humanitarian crisis caused by the war.” UNIFEED

The United Nations Political Affairs Chief, Rosemary DiCarlo, said she was “gravely concerned” about the destruction of critical energy infrastructure in Ukraine and said “combined with soaring gas and coal prices, the deprivation caused by these attacks threatens to expose millions of civilians to extreme hardship and even life-endangering conditions this winter. UNIFEED

Funding not enough to meet rising humanitarian needs in Syria, top official tells Security Council, as members diverge over delivery methods.

“UNHCR is extremely worried about the latest developments inside Tigray,” Ethiopia, while the WHO said the conditions inside the region are “a recipe for larger epidemics,” due to displacement and crippled health services, agencies’ spokespersons warned on Tuesday. UNTV CH

Violent conflict, terrorism and human rights abuses continue in Syria as its besieged population suffers economic destitution, displacement, detention and abduction, the UN’s Special Envoy for the country told the Security Council on Wednesday. UNIFEED

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