"TERRITORIAL CLAIMS"

Visiting Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Secretary-General António Guterres today said both there and in Baghdad, he had sensed “a genuine commitment to move forward” and urged all “to translate this commitment into reality.” UNAMI

Despite ‘glimmer of hope’ in Armenia, Azerbaijan conflict, escalating tensions threaten to derail fragile progress, senior official tells Security Council.

Top UN official for Europe, Central Asia and Americas Miroslav Jenča said, “any renewed conflict would not only impact the people of Armenia and Azerbaijan, but also likely the wider South Caucasus region and beyond,” reiterating that the international community “must not let this happen.” UNIFEED

Security Council fails to adopt resolution condemning Moscow's referenda in Ukraine’s occupied territories, as permanent member employs veto.

Secretary-General António Guterres said any decision by the Russian Federation to proceed with the annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine “would have no legal value and deserves to be condemned.” UNIFEED

Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary Anne DiCarlo told the Security Council that the referenda taking place in occupied Ukrainian territories are being held “during active armed conflict in areas under Russian control outside Ukraine's legal and constitutional framework” and “cannot be called a genuine expression of the popular will.” UNIFEED

United Nations stands with people of Ukraine, Secretary-General tells General Assembly, stressing ‘enough is enough’, fighting must stop, as emergency session gets under way.

United Nations stands with people of Ukraine, Secretary-General tells General Assembly, stressing ‘enough is enough’, fighting must stop, as emergency session gets under way.

Minsk accords have been in ‘intensive care’, Secretary-General notes, as General Assembly discusses Eastern Ukraine developments.