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The UN Secretary-General said on Tuesday that “the US and the Russian Federation should resume the full implementation of the New START Treaty without delay”, according to a UN Spokesperson. UNIFEED

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chief Rafael Grossi called “to exclude nuclear facilities from any military action.” IAEA

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chief Rafael Grossi inaugurated the IAEA Support and Assistance Mission in Chornobyl (ISAMICH), site of the 1986 accident in northern Ukraine. IAEA

Following the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) launch of an unprecedented number of cruise and ballistic missiles over the course of just 48 hours this week, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, said, “given the potential risks associated with any military confrontation, in exercise of its primary responsibility, the Security Council needs to do all it can to prevent an escalation.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres said nuclear weapons “offer no security — just carnage and chaos,” and their elimination “would be the greatest gift we could bestow on future generations.” UNIFEED

Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern told world leaders, “Russia’s war is illegal. It is immoral. It is a direct attack on the UN Charter and the international rules-based system and everything that this community should stand for.” UNIFEED

Addressing a Security Council meeting on Promoting Common Security Through Dialogue and Cooperation, Secretary-General António Guterres said “today’s collective security system is being tested like never before” and stressed that “nuclear saber-rattling must stop” UNIFEED

Speaking at a ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Secretary-General António Guterres said it was “totally unacceptable for states in possession of nuclear weapons to admit the possibility of a nuclear war.” UNIC TOKYO

The Chief of the United Nations nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, said the situation in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine is “really a volatile one,” and explained that the Agency has not been able to access the plant as “it requires the understanding and the cooperation of a number of actors.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres said that “humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation. We need the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as much as ever.” UNIFEED