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Press briefing by Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative of China and President of the Security Council for August, on the Council's programme of work for August.

Adopting resolution 2648 (2022) by 10 votes in favour, 5 abstention, Security Council renews mandate of expert panel, eases arms embargo on Central African Republic.

The chief of UN Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo urged the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States to “quickly mobilize in this same spirit and commitment to resume cooperation under the JCPOA.” UNIFEED

Security Council renews Democratic Republic of the Congo sanctions regimes, adopting resolution 2641 (2022).

General Assembly elects Environmental Sustainability Director Csaba Kőrösi of Hungary President of seventy-seventh session, selects Main Committee Bureaus.

General Assembly elects Environmental Sustainability Director Csaba Kőrösi of Hungary President of seventy-seventh session, selects Main Committee Bureaus.

Uptick in ballistic missile launches on Korean Peninsula, notices of pre-emptive nuclear strike 'deeply concerning’, top official tells Security Council.

Unanimously adopting resolution 2628 (2022), Security Council endorses decision to reconfigure existing entity into African Union Transition Mission in Somalia.

Liz Throssell, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office said, “we are concerned by the deepening crackdown on civil society in Libya, where arbitrary arrests and a campaign of social media vilification are having a seriously chilling effect on human rights defenders, humanitarian workers, and other civil society actors.” UNTV CH

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the world is facing a moment of peril with the crisis in Ukraine, adding that it is “time for restraint, reason and de-escalation.” He said, “There is no place for actions and statements that would take this dangerous situation over the abyss.” UNIFEED