Category: MIL-OSI

Source: United Nations (video statements)

Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Highlights:

– Senior Personnel Appointment – Mr. James Swan
– Senior Personnel Appointment – Major General Junhui Wu
– Security Council
– Occupied Palestinian Territory
– Iran/Middle East
– Lebanon
– Yemen
– Sudan
– International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness
– Guest Tomorrow

SECURITY COUNCIL

Today, the Security Council will convene at 3:00 pm for a briefing on “Energy, Critical Minerals, and Security”. Rosemary DiCarlo, the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, will brief. 

OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

Amid the expanding problems throughout the Middle East, we should not lose sight of the situation in the Gaza Strip, which continues to face challenges, including some related to the regional escalation, such as the closure of some crossing points.

As we informed you this week, our teams have been able to bring fuel and other critical items into Gaza since Tuesday, when the Israeli authorities reopened the Kerem Shalom/Karem Abu Salem crossing.

Today, the UN was able to bring into Gaza some 570,000 litres of diesel through Kerem Shalom. Our partners were also able to collect critical supplies from the crossing. Other crossing points are still closed, including Rafah, impacting our ability to bring in more much-needed assistance.

Furthermore, while coordinated movements within Gaza have resumed, international personnel rotations remain suspended.

OCHA once again reiterates that safe, sustained and unimpeded access is vital for the UN and our humanitarian partners to carry out life-saving work. More crossings must be open for the movement of cargo and people. In addition, the entry of items critical for timely and effective response must be facilitated.

Meanwhile, our partners are doing everything in their power to ensure that people’s needs are met. Over the past week, our partners leading on mine action conducted nearly 70 explosive hazard assessments in support of debris management efforts across Gaza.

Living conditions remain dire across the Strip. In a recent assessment by our partners who manage displacement sites, findings showed that only 11 per cent out of nearly 1,000 sites have communal lighting. Open sewage was observed in more than half of all sites surveyed.

The UN and our partners are working tirelessly to ensure dignified and safe shelter conditions, but, in the absence of changes in the operating environment, the needs continue to outpace our ability to respond.

Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date=2026-03-05

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4effKvqrfE

Source: United Nations (video statements)

Statement by Ambassador Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, on the situation in Iran.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRENxme2NWQ