"WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION"

The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, said, “Emanating from any arms transfer is the inherent risk of diversion of the equipment to unauthorized end users.” UNIFEED

UN senior official for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific Khaled Khiari said, “the situation on the Korean Peninsula continues to head in the wrong direction. Tensions continue to increase, due to the negative action-reaction cycle, with no off-ramps in sight.” UNIFEED

Sanctions critical tool if coupled with stakeholder dialogues, updated weapons lists, monitoring of evasions, subsidiary bodies tell Security Council.

Syria still avoiding full cooperation with OPCW on chemical weapons question, high representative for disarmament affairs tells Security Council.

Security Council extends mandate of Committee monitoring nuclear, biological, chemical weapons for 10 years, unanimously adopting Resolution 2622 (2022).

Speakers call for greater cooperation among counter-terrorism committees to combat evolving global threats, as subsidiary body chairs brief Security Council.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine told the Security Council today that Russia’s attacks against his country's energy infrastructure are “an obvious crime against humanity”. UNIFEED

Following the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) launch of an unprecedented number of cruise and ballistic missiles over the course of just 48 hours this week, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, said, “given the potential risks associated with any military confrontation, in exercise of its primary responsibility, the Security Council needs to do all it can to prevent an escalation.” UNIFEED

A top United Nations official said that the DPRK’s launch of a long-range ballistic missile “was a reckless act and a clear violation of relevant Security Council resolutions.” UNIFEED

Syria must change attitude, fully cooperate with implementing body tracking progress in ending chemical weapons programme, disarmament chief tells Security Council.