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The United Nations top official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said, “the intensification” of the conflict in the Eastern DRC, “continues to inflict untold suffering on civilians and to worsen a humanitarian situation, which is increasingly catastrophic.” UNIFEED

Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary Anne DiCarlo told the Security Council that the referenda taking place in occupied Ukrainian territories are being held “during active armed conflict in areas under Russian control outside Ukraine's legal and constitutional framework” and “cannot be called a genuine expression of the popular will.” UNIFEED

In his address to the General Assembly's General Debate, Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas said, “Israel is enacting racist laws, consecrating an apartheid regime.” UNIFEED

The Joint Special Mobile Court (JSMC) resumed its operations in Gette, Udici, Western Bahr El Ghazal in South Sudan, to ensure peace and stability as livestock herders and their animals traverse close to settled farming communities and their croplands. UNMISS

Speaking by videoconference, the Head of UN Peacekeeping Jean-Pierre Lacroix told a Security Council open meeting on Abyei that the humanitarian situation has deteriorated in the region due to intracommunal violence. UNIFEED

Dominican Ambassador José Alfonso Blanco Conde told journalists outside the Security Council that the Council “should have invited” the Dominican Republic to participate in discussions on the crisis in Haiti “in an active manner as we would be the most affected if this crisis overflows Haiti’s borders.” UNIFEED

Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region, Huang Xia said, “the overall situation in the region in recent months has remained stable, with encouraging progress despite connsistent challenges.” UNIFEED

The Security Council issued a Presidential Statement reaffirming the status of Varosha as set out in previous Council resolutions and reiterating that no actions should be carried out in relation to Varosha that are not in accordance with those resolutions. UNIFEED

UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was “extremely concerned over the fresh resumption of hostilities along the line of contact in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.” UNIFEED

In a video address to the General Assembly’s General Debate Cyprus’ President Nicos Anastasiades expressed concern at “Turkeys interventions which affect the territorial integrity and destabilize Libya, Syria and Iraq,” as well as violations “of the sovereign rights of both Greece and Cyprus.” UNIFEED