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The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Director General, Rafael Mariano Grossi, said that “it is obvious that military activity is increasing” around the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, in Ukraine, and that “every possible measure and precaution should be taken so that it is not attacked and can be protected”. IAEA

“In Kenya, I walked beside women and girls as they risked their lives each day to fetch water. And closer to here, just last week, I ran through California San Joaquin Valley, listening to farmers explained the threat to their crops, livelihoods and communities of what is now a 23-year drought,” ultramarathon runner said at the 2023 Water Conference’s Interactive Dialogue. UNIFEED

Olga Algayerova, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), said that progress on transboundary water cooperation “is badly off track.” UNIFEED

On the sidelines of the UN 2023 Water conference, delegates discussed how to advance transboundary water cooperation through the application of international water law principles at basin and regional levels. UNIFEED

Following last week’s intercontinental ballistic missile launching drill by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the UN top official for Europe, Central Asia and Americas warned the Security Council that the country “has clearly stated its intention to continue pursuing its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes, in violation of relevant Security Council resolutions.” UNIFEED

The United Nations top humanitarian official said it was “vital for global food security” that the Black Sea Grain Initiative, and the parallel Memorandum of Understanding between the Russian Federation and the UN Secretariat on the facilitation of Russian food and fertilizer exports continue, “and should be fully implemented.” UNIFEED

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Florence Bauer, said the needs in earthquake affected areas in Türkiye are, “tremendous,” and noted that “it's women and girls that are always the most affected.” UNIFEED

The global supply of cocaine has reached records levels, with coca cultivation soaring 35 percent from 2020 to 2021, according to a new UN report. UNIFEED

Half of Syria’s population faces hunger as conflict passes 12-year milestone and earthquakes deepen economic woes, said the World Food Programme. WFP

At around 5 am local time, Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, in Ukraine, lost all off-site power and has since been running on emergency diesels, the Director-General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, informed. IAEA