"PEACE AND SECURITY"

The head of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today called for greater funding for agriculture to ensure there’s available and accessible food in crisis situations, noting that conflict “remains the single greatest driver of hunger.” FAO

Secretary-General António Guterres told Security Council members that when they “fail to reach consensus, hungry people pay a high price.” UNIFEED

The UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa told the Security Council that terrorism and insecurity continue to spread in the Sahel, devastating the lives of millions of people. UNIFEED

Amid alarm over Mali’s withdrawal from regional security architecture, top peace official briefs Security Council on challenges to ending terrorism in Sahel.

Briefing by Hans Grundberg, UN Special Envoy for Yemen, on the situation in Yemen.

Iraq’s people still awaiting political class capable of addressing critical domestic challenges, top official tells Security Council.

A United Nations spokesperson welcomed the first commercial international flight in six years from Sana’a airport in Yemen that took place today. UNIFEED

The United Nations in Somalia welcomed the conclusion of the country’s presidential election today. UNSOM

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

United Nations unaware of any biological weapons programmes in Ukraine, top disarmament official affirms, as Security Council considers new claims by Russian Federation.