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The president of the Security Council for the month of January, Japan’s permanent representative Ishikane Kimihiro, said the renewal of the resolution allowing cross-border aid in north-west Syria “is a matter of life or death for so many people.” UNIFEED

The Security Council adopted a “landmark” resolution establishing a humanitarian exemption to the asset freeze measures imposed by UN sanctions regimes. 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

The Permanent Representative to the UN from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea told the General Assembly that “the security environment of the Korean Peninsula is now caught in a vicious cycle of hatred and confrontation due to the growing hostility of the United States and its following forces against the DPRK.” UNIFEED

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said, "over the last week, COVID-19 cases have risen in four out of the six WHO regions. Due to testing and sequencing reducing in many countries, it is increasingly difficult to know where the virus is and how it’s mutating." WHO

Liz Throssell, Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said, “we are deeply concerned about the likely human rights impact of the first officially reported outbreak of COVID-19 in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and the subsequent lockdown imposed by the authorities.” UNTV CH

The Security Council discussed on Friday the latest launch of a ballistic missile of intercontinental range by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), with the UN political affairs chief saying it "risks triggering a significant escalation of tensions in the region and beyond." UNIFEED

The Secretary-General "strongly condemned" the launch of a ballistic missile of intercontinental range by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on 24 March 2022, a UN spokesperson told reporters in New York. UNIFEED

The UN General Assembly met on Wednesday for its second emergency session on the Ukraine crisis since Russia invaded the country on 24 February, with two similar but different resolutions placed before delegates, addressing the unfolding humanitarian crisis. UNIFEED