"TREATIES"

UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for greater action to protect oceans in his message to mark World Oceans Day. UNIFEED

Warning the Security Council that the situation at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant “continues to be extremely fragile and dangerous”, the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, listed five principles to help prevent a nuclear accident. 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

Asked about the negotiations to extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, said that he “can't say that the UN has not been undertaking efforts in the right direction, on the contrary”, but “there has been practically no result.” UNIFEED

Under the agenda: "Maintenance of International Peace and Security".

Speaking at a press briefing, Rose Anne Archibald, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations said, “we're taking the microphone to amplify our priorities of decolonizing, decarbonizing and calling out the systems that undermine and harm Mother Earth and our mother tongue, and matriarchy.” UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Security Council Examines Risks of Illicit Weapons Exports, Hears International Instruments Are Paramount, in Debate on Arms Control