In Haiti, the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate, with new displacement recorded across several departments, according to the International Organization for Migration. More than 2,600 people have been displaced in Artibonite following clashes between armed group last week.
Treaties, Conventions, Ratifications
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the informal meeting the General Assembly to commemorate the United Nations Charter Day, in New York today:
The thirty-sixth Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea was held at Headquarters from 15 to 18 June.
The thirty-sixth Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea will be convened at United Nations Headquarters from 15 to 19 June (for the provisional agenda of the Meeting see document SPLOS/36/L.1).
Over the weekend, Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and neighbouring regions suffered from one of the largest combined deadly air attacks on the country since full-scale war began in 2022, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports.
The eleventh Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) concluded today without agreement on a consensus outcome document, even as the international community faces mounting and interrelated threats — from the spectre of nuclear weapons use in active conflicts, to attacks on nuclear facilities, to the destabilizing implications of emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI).
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
In Lebanon, over 1.1 million people are now registered as displaced. In the past month, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has supplied over 280,000 litres of fuel to some 45 pumping stations and wastewater stations nationwide, and the UN and its aid partners have distributed over 3 million meals and over 65,000 food parcels.
The following statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was issued today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the entry into force of the Agreement on Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, in New York today: