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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

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

The UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights told the Security Council that “concerns regarding the enjoyment of freedom of religion in Ukraine, including in occupied territory, have increased since February 2022.” UNIFEED

The Security Council adopted a resolution calling for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the Gaza Strip for a sufficient number of days to enable the full, rapid, safe, and unhindered humanitarian access. UNIFEED

Civilians accounted for 85 percent of casualties by landmine and explosive remnants of war in 2022, half of them were children, according to a UN-backed civil society report released today. UNTV CH

A top UN official for Europe, Central Asia and Americas said that in Ukraine, “the past few weeks have seen a pattern of escalation of attacks on critical infrastructure, including attacks on energy infrastructure, across the country.” 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

UN Human Rights spokesperson Liz Throssell said, “Today, we have published a report into the events of 5 October that concludes there are reasonable grounds to believe that the missile was launched by Russian armed forces, and that there was no indication of military personnel or any other legitimate military targets at or adjacent to the café at the time of the attack.” UNTV CH / FILE

Quoting a report by the NGO Save the Children, the Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said that nearly 3,200 children were killed in Gaza in three weeks, surpassing the number of children killed annually across the world's conflict zones since 2019. UNIFEED

The Security Council adopted draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for another year, until 31 October 2024. The Russian Federation and Mozambique abstained. UNIFEED