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(Continued) Open debate of the Security Council in connection with "Ensuring the security and dignity of civilians in conflict: addressing food insecurity and protecting essential services" under the agenda item "Protection of civilians in armed conflict" [S/2023/307, S/2023/345]. 

The Review Conference on the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea brings stakeholders together at the UN headquarters in New York from May 22 to 26. UNIFEED / FILE

Briefing journalist on the Black Sea Initiative, a UN spokesperson said that “operations are partly restarting.” UNIFEED / FILE

Noon briefing by Stephanie Tremblay, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Addressing reporters, the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, welcomed the confirmation by the Russian Federation to continue its participation in the Black Sea Initiative for another 60 days. UNIFEED

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is rapidly scaling up its emergency operations in Sudan, every day reaching thousands more people whose lives have been upended by the ongoing fighting. WFP

According to the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO), there is a 98 percent chance that at least one in the next five years will beat the temperature record set in 2016. UNTV CH

Briefing Council members by videoconference, the Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, noted that the humanitarian operating environment in Ukraine remains complex and dangerous. UNIFEED / FILE