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

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan, Volker Perthes, said that the short-term ceasefire signed by both sides of the conflict “is supposed to enter into force tonight, it shall remain in effect for 7 days, it is renewable, and it should allow civilians to move and humanitarian access to get to the people.” UNIFEED

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

Un rapport d’une mission d’établissement des faits du Bureau des droits de l'homme des Nations Unies a conclu qu'il y a de fortes indications que plus de 500 personnes auraient été tuées - la grande majorité sommairement exécutées - par les troupes maliennes et du personnel militaire étranger au cours d'une opération militaire de cinq jours dans le village de Moura, au centre du Mali, en mars 2022. HCDH

Briefing by Bujar Osmani, Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and Minister for Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia on on the work of the OSCE.

The Chairperson-in-Office (CiO) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) told the Security Council that “a terrible war rages in our yard, in Europe and in the OSCE area” and “the possible consequences of this war are grave enough to endanger peace and stability globally.” UNIFEED

A UN spokesperson updated reporters on the UN peacekeeping missions in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and South Sudan (UNMISS). UNIFEED

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Director General, Rafael Mariano Grossi, said that “it is obvious that military activity is increasing” around the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, in Ukraine, and that “every possible measure and precaution should be taken so that it is not attacked and can be protected”. IAEA