"UNITED NATIONS STAFF"

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

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the “military offensive” by Russia on Ukraine is “wrong. It is against the Charter. It is unacceptable. But it is not irreversible.” UNIFEED

Statement to the media by António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, on the situation in Ukraine.

Security Council extends Panel of Experts on Sudan, unanimously adopting resolution 2620 (2022).

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed briefs the press on her recent trip to Ethiopia.

At least 25 United Nations staff members and associated personnel were killed in deliberate attacks during 2021, according to the Standing Committee for the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service of the United Nations Staff Union. UNIFEED

Briefing by Eri Kaneko, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

At a special session of the Human Rights Council, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif encourage all parties to the Ethiopian conflict to “pull back from a posture of war and, for the sake of the lives and human rights of Ethiopia's people, to immediately end hostilities without pre-conditions.” UNTV CH

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said he was "deeply alarmed” by the ongoing military escalation and continued violence in Yemen and stressed that there was a “risk that this could open a new chapter” of the country’s war that is “even more fragmented and bloody.” UNIFEED

A United Nations spokesperson told journalists that the UN has “not received any official explanation" from Ethiopia's federal government in Addis Ababa for the detention of nine UN staff and at least 70 truck drivers contracted to work for the UN. UNIFEED