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The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, said, "Two years on – and a decade since Russia’s attempted illegal annexation of Ukraine’s Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol – the war in Ukraine remains an open wound at the heart of Europe." UNIFEED

During a Security Council meeting on Ukraine, a top UN official for Disarmament said, “reports related to the transfer and use of cluster munitions throughout the conflict are very concerning.” UNIFEED

On the first business day of the new year, the Security Council welcomed five new non-permanent members for 2024 -2025, namely Algeria, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia. UNIFEED

The UN Special Representative for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, said that the key features of the human rights situation in the country are a record of systemic discrimination against women and girls, repression of political dissent and free speech, a lack of meaningful representation of minorities, and ongoing instances of extrajudicial killing, arbitrary arrests and detentions, torture, and ill-treatment. UNIFEED

UN senior official for political affairs Khaled Khiari reiterated that any launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) using ballistic missile technology is “a violation of relevant Security Council resolutions, and we strongly urge the DPRK to refrain from such actions.” UNIFEED

The UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, said that small arms and light weapons “are the weapons of choice in initiating, sustaining and exacerbating conflict, armed violence, terrorism and other forms of organized crime.” UNIFEED

The head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Abdou Abarry, told Security Council, “It is obvious that only a resolution of the crisis in Sudan will make it possible to address the humanitarian, economic, environmental and security situation in Chad and other countries, notably the Central African Republic.” UNIFEED

A top UN official said that in Ukraine, “intensifying Russian attacks on the country’s energy facilities, amidst heavy snow and freezing temperatures, are worsening the dire humanitarian conditions across the country.” UNIFEED

A top UN official for Europe, Central Asia and Americas said, “Amidst global challenges and crises, the international community must sustain its focus on Ukraine and end the suffering caused by this war.” UNIFEED

A top UN humanitarian official said, “while much of the international attention is rightly concentrated on the grave events in the Middle East, it is important that we do not lose focus on other crises, particularly the war in Ukraine, which continues to inflict unimaginable levels of suffering.” UNIFEED