"SMALL ARMS"

Addressing a youth event to celebrate the International Day of Peace, United Nations Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas said, “peace and sustainable development are inextricably linked. You cannot have one without the other. And you cannot have either without the participation of everyone.” UNIFEED

Briefing the Security Council on the issue of Western weapons supplies to Ukraine, the Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Adedeji Ebo, said, “the provision of military assistance to the armed forces of Ukraine has continued,” while reportedly there have also been weapons transfers “to the Russian armed forces for use in Ukraine.” UNIFEED

In recent months, intercommunal violence and attacks by community-based militias have resulted in increasing civilian casualties across South Sudan. UNMISS

Effective arms-control measures needed to block diversion of Ukraine weapons, senior United Nations disarmament official tells Security Council.

UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu, was requested to brief the Council on the issue of “supplies of lethal weapons to Ukraine and their consequences.” She urged “States to apply effective arms control measures to address the risks related to arms transfer.” UNIFEED

Libya’s political impasse delaying prospects of elections, impacting security situation, new mission head tells Security Council.

Incoming President urges Member States to forge solutions through solidarity, sustainability, science, as General Assembly begins seventy-seventh session.

Press conference by Raffi Gregorian, Deputy to the Under-Secretary-General and Director at the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, on the first United Nations Global Congress of Victims of Terrorism.

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.

As Haiti faces spiralling gang violence, the Security-Council unanimously adopted a resolution extending the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) for another year. UNIFEED