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The United Nations top political affairs official said, “it is the right of a sovereign state to launch a satellite and to benefit from space activities. However, Council resolutions expressly prohibit the DPRK from conducting any launches using ballistic missile technology.” UNIFEED

The Security Council on Friday extended the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya, by a vote of 14-0 with one abstention. UNIFEED

Announcing the United Arab Emirates’ priorities for its presidency of the Security Council for the month of June, Permanent Representative Lana Zaki Nusseibeh said that her country wants to “underscore how climate change has been, is and will continue to directly impact the Council's ability to carry out its mandate.” UNIFEED

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Geir O. Pedersen, today (30 May) said it was “vital” that recent diplomatic moves in Syria “are matched with real action,” as the Syrian people “continue to suffer on massive scale.” UNIFEED

This year’s World Health Assembly concluded on Tuesday, with the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, describing the event as “long but fruitful”. WHO

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon marked the International Day of UN peacekeepers during a ceremony at its headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon. UNIFIL

The World Food Programme has now reached more than 600,000 vulnerable people with food and nutrition aid since restarting distributions in Sudan, a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED

On International Day of UN Peacekeepers, Peacekeeping Chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said United Nations peacekeepers, despite challenges, “preserve ceasefires from collapse” and “protect every single day hundreds of thousands of civilians.” UNIFEED

Captain Cecilia Erzuah, a peacekeeper from Ghana, received the Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award for promoting the role of women in peace and security. UNIFEED / FILE

The top UN political affairs official Rosemary DiCarlo urged the Security Council to offer more support for African Union (AU) peace operations, saying that “those missions demonstrated significant political will and commitment, but they also faced some recurrent problems.” UNIFEED