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Assistant-Secretary-General Khaled Khiari reiterated the Secretary-General’s condemnation of the Israeli attack on an Iranian Embassy building in Damascus and said, “the inviolability of diplomatic and consular premises and personnel must be respected in all cases in accordance with international law.” UNIFEED

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

Marking two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, General Assembly President Dennis Francis chaired a plenary debate on the Situation in the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, and said, “the world bore witness as that fateful day marked the onset of a series of protracted, illegal and flagrant violations of the UN charter and of international law.” UNIFEED

The United States vetoed a resolution put forward on behalf of Arab States by Algeria demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. The resolution received 13 votes in favour, while the United Kingdom abstained. UNIFEED

Asked about the Russian authorities not handing the body of Russian’s opposition figure Alexei Navalny to his relatives, Russia’s Ambassador said, “because the forensic medical investigation is not over yet, the exact cause of the death was not yet disclosed." UNIFEED

A top UN official said that in the approaching anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine “is not only an occasion to recount the horrors of the past two years, but also a reminder that the armed conflict in Ukraine did not begin on 24 February 2022, but has been ongoing in the country’s east since 2014.” UNIFEED

The United Nations top political affairs official told the Security Council that “another year has passed, and we've been no longer closer to the end of this illegal and unjustified war” in Ukraine. UNIFEED

Briefing the Security Council on the situation in Ukraine, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, said, “the new year has brought no respite to Ukraine, on the contrary, in recent weeks, the country has been suffering some of the worst attacks since the beginning of the illegal war.” 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

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