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A UN top political affairs official told the Security Council that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK’s) launches “represent a serious risk to international civil aviation and maritime traffic.” UNIFEED

China and Russia vetoed a draft resolution sponsored by the United States, while a second Russian-backed resolution failed to adopt having failed to get sufficient votes in favour, deepening the Security Council’s deadlock over any unified response to address the crisis in Gaza and Israel. UNIFEED

The Security Council failed to adopt a draft resolution introduced by Russia on the recent escalation of violence in Israel and Gaza and the ensuing humanitarian crisis. UNIFEED

Two critical energy autotransformers have arrived in Ukraine, to help ensure power to over half a million people. UNDP

Global economic leaders gathered for the plenary of the IMFC in Marrakech, Morocco. Thousands of journalists, policymakers, bankers and civil society organizations are gathered there for the Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank. IMF

The UN General Assembly elected 15 new countries to serve on the Human Rights Council. UNIFEED

The IMF reaffirmed its commitment to “bringing the world to Morocco, and Morocco to the world,” at its Annual Meetings next month, the IMF’s spokesperson Julie Kozack said. IMF

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, said, “It is time to support strengthened engagement with the relevant components of the de facto authorities through appropriate means to increase their knowledge and further compliance of law enforcement actions with international norms.” UNIFEED

Cutting food loss and waste while increasing income — this has proven possible in Thailand, thanks to some simple technical innovations in the processing of germinated brown rice. FAO

In an interview on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Mariano Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, spoke about the power plants in Ukraine, inspections in Iran, the latest on the Fukushima wastewater issue, and the safety of atomic energy. UNIFEED