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Twenty-three tonnes of urgently needed aid items have reached eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast after a humanitarian convoy crossed the contact line into non-government-controlled territory, the UN said on Friday. UNTV CH

Women still suffering in war zones, Special Representative tells Security Council, highlighting unmet global commitments to victims of sexual violence.

UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region said he is “particularly concerned about the level of violence which continues to affect the security of individuals, in particular that of women and young people,” in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. UNIFEED

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing Security Council, Special Representative reports challenges, opportunities in lead-up to Democratic Republic of Congo elections.

The head of the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), Bintou Keita, said, “the 2023 electoral process represents a new critical step in the process of democratic transition, institutional consolidation and stabilization of the country.” UNIFEED

A shocking number of civilians – some three thousand -- were killed in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last year, UN High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet told the Human Rights Council in Geneva today. UNTV CH

Press conference by United States Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations and President of the Security Council in March 2021 on the United Nations Security Council programme of work in March.

Updating reporters on the DRC Monday attack that killed the Italian ambassador to the country, a WFP staff and an Italian embassy official, UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said, “the security incident involves seven people travelling in two World Food Programme vehicles on the road from Goma to Rutshuru in the east part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo where they were planning to visit a World Food Programme school feeding project.” UNIFEED

Press Conference by Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, on peacekeeping operations in Mali, Central African Republic, as well as other issues related to peacekeeping.