The UN Security Council held a high-level debate on August 25, 2026, on conflict-related food insecurity, with Secretary-General António Guterres warning that critical food systems worldwide are under attack and urging action to break the cycle linking hunger and armed conflict.
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At 10 a.m., the Security Council will hold a briefing on Sudan. Denmark, the Council President in August, requested the meeting to discuss the protection of civilians and the humanitarian consequences of the ongoing conflict. Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is expected to chair the meeting. UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo and Under-S
At 3 p.m. today, the Security Council will hold a briefing on the situation in Ukraine. The Council’s five European members, Denmark, France, Greece, Latvia and the United Kingdom, requested the meeting, which Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is expected to chair. Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo and Under-Secretary-General for Humanit
The Security Council will hold a high-level open debate on conflict-related food insecurity under the theme “Food under fire: the Security Council’s role in mitigating global and local food crises”. A signature event of Denmark’s Council presidency, the meeting will be chaired by Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs Lars Løkke Rasmussen. UN Secretary-General Antόnio Guterres, Acting Executive Direct
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Security Council on conflict and food security — “Food under Fire: the Security Council’s role in mitigating global and local food crises”, today in New York:
Critical food systems — and the lives and livelihoods they sustain — are under attack around the world, Secretary-General António Guterres warned the Security Council today, urging the UN’s flagship crisis management organ to break the vicious cycle of conflict and hunger by acting “when the warning lights are flashing” — from Gaza and Haiti to Myanmar, Sudan, Ukraine and beyond.
[Dabanga] Sudan's war is becoming harder to stop, not easier. That was the central warning from Rosemary DiCarlo, the UN's Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, in her briefing to the Security Council on Monday, August 24th. After more than three years of fighting, the conflict is spreading across several fronts, becoming more technologically sophisticated, and drawing i