Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine - Security Council, 9965th meeting

Amidst record summer attacks on Ukraine, Security Council urges diplomacy.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 02:15:23
• Production Date: 25 July 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: MIROSLAV JENCA; JOYCE MSUYA
• Corporate Name: NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION - NATO; INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY - IAEA; OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; PEACE AND SECURITY; CEASEFIRES; DIPLOMACY; CIVILIAN PROTECTION; MILITARY ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
• Geographic Subject: UKRAINE
• MAMS Id: 3431474
• Parent Id: 3430428
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 9965 UKRAINE 25 JUL 2025 AM

Description

Detailing a dangerous escalation of attacks on Ukrainian civilians and infrastructure by the Russian Federation, senior United Nations officials speaking in the Security Council today underscored the urgency of achieving a ceasefire amidst the rising human toll of nearly three-and-a-half years of war. 

“There is no safe place left in Ukraine,” stressed Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator. The humanitarian situation has deteriorated sharply since the Council was last updated on 20 June, and renewed waves of missile and drone strikes have devastated lives and infrastructure across multiple regions. These are “the latest in a series of attacks that have brought even more fear and suffering to communities — both near the front lines and far from them”, she said. 

Adoption of the agenda 

Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine 

• Briefer: Mr. Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations
• Briefer: Ms. Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator
• Statements: All Council members
• Further statements: United States of America, China
• Statements: Ukraine, Poland
• Statement: His Excellency Stavros Lambrinidis, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations
• Statement: Latvia (on behalf of: Baltic States) 

Related Sites and Documents

S/PV.9965