United Nations in Türkiye

The Sustainable Development Goals are a global call to action to end poverty, protect the earth’s environment and climate, and ensure that people everywhere can enjoy peace and prosperity. These are the goals the UN is working on in Türkiye:

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29 November 2022

Guterres: The United Nations’ position is clear: peace must advance – the occupation must end

His message reads as follow: “We commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People at a time of diminished hope for peace. I am deeply saddened by the growing number of Palestinian civilians who have lost their lives in the spiral of violence engulfing the occupied West Bank. Each casualty fuels fear and yet more violence. I urge all parties to take immediate steps to reduce tensions and break this deadly cycle. The long-standing drivers of conflict – including the ongoing occupation, settlement expansion, home demolitions and evictions – heighten anger, despair, and hopelessness. Meanwhile, Gaza continues to endure debilitating closures and humanitarian crises. I reiterate my call on the parties to engage to end the closures of Gaza and improve living conditions of all Palestinians. UNRWA remains a vital lifeline for Palestine refugees. I commend the donors for their support and urge all to step up and provide predictable and sufficient funding to enable UNRWA to fully deliver on its mandate. The United Nations’ position is clear: peace must advance – the occupation must end. We are steadfast in our commitment to realize the vision of two States – Israel and Palestine – living side by side in peace and security, with Jerusalem as the capital of both States. Together, let us reaffirm our support to the Palestinian people in their quest to achieve their inalienable rights and build a future of peace, justice, security, and dignity for all”.

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25 January 2023

UN agencies unite to strengthen Türkiye’s wheat sector

The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation have highlighted the strategic importance of food and agriculture at both the global and national level. Nations have prioritized sustainable food production and agricultural practices to prevent food crises and maintain national security. At the top of the list of global food priorities is wheat. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have joined forces to produce a comprehensive analysis of the Turkish wheat sector with the aim of establishing a more resilient food system, in the process identifying challenges facing wheat production and commerce. The project is entitled “An Analysis of the Turkish Wheat Sector: Establishing a Resilient Food System” and is funded by the United Nations Joint Fund for Sustainable Development Goals and conducted in close collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Türkiye and its institutions at the central and field levels. Within the scope of the project, a report will be prepared drawing on field interviews with stakeholders of the wheat industry. A road map will also be developed and policy recommendations formulated for the industry to increase its resilience in the light of current local and global challenges. At the first Steering Committee meeting of the project, Viorel Gutu, FAO Sub-regional Coordinator for Central Asia and FAO Representative in Türkiye, described how the events of the last three years have disrupted wheat production and supply chains. He also emphasized Türkiye’s position as an essential actor in both wheat production and commerce. Gutu explained that the joint project will produce a detailed analysis of the Turkish wheat sector, which will then form the basis of a roadmap to achieve healthier and more sustainable wheat production and a stronger and more productive wheat sector. Within the scope of the project, studies and surveys have already been carried out in regions that together account for 85 percent of Türkiye’s wheat production. During an opening speech, Parvathy Ramaswami, World Food Programme (WFP) Türkiye Country Director, stated that “Türkiye is becoming an increasingly important country in terms of production, commerce and trade networks” and emphasized that “this project will play a crucial role in improving sectoral, commercial and humanitarian conditions.” Taylan Kıymaz, Programme Manager of IFAD, highlighted the importance of wheat as a primary product and a significant element of Turkish cuisine. He also underlined the importance of the project for elevating the situation of female workers and addressing the socio-economic issues they face, noting that specific obstacles could be dealt with through the development of the roadmap. Alvaro Rodriguez, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Türkiye, extended his thanks to the UN agencies and the Government of Türkiye for their collaboration on this important project, which he noted would “directly address several of the Sustainable Development Goals of United Nations, in particular: No Poverty (SDG 1), Responsible consumption and production (SDG 12), and Climate Action (SDG 13).” He also highlighted the need to transform food systems to ensure future food security. Volkan Güngören, Deputy Director General for EU and Foreign Relations at the Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock, underlined the importance of bread in Turkish culture and the significance of the project from this perspective. He also explained that: “the transformation of food systems requires high levels of cooperation at the national and a global level”. He affirmed that “the Ministry will uphold its responsibilities to ensure the success of the project which it believes will become a model practice –strengthening the production and supply chain and paving the way for new areas of investment.” After the opening speeches, Prof. Dr Erdoğan Güneş from the FAO team explained the purpose and objectives of the project and provided details of field studies conducted within its scope. Philipp Randall from WFP emphasized that a primary aim of the project is to determine why Türkiye’s wheat production has been fluctuating recently, pointing out that the wheat market is influenced more by production than consumption, and that the primary determinant of prices is the volume of output. Fazıl Düşünceli, FAO Agriculture Officer the lead project specialist, stressed that all data gathered and disseminated through the project will be produced through fieldwork using scientific methods. In describing the process followed and activities carried out to date, Düşünceli emphasized the valuable contributions of sector representatives, including producers, non-government organizations and public institutions. Finally, Ayşegül Selışık, Assistant Representative in Türkiye, thanked everyone who had contributed to the project so far, noting that “the resulting report that will enable the creation of an evidence-based roadmap”. She continued: “When we started on this journey, we started with small steps and planned to expand as we moved forward. The results now show that we are progressing towards our goals and objectives.”

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19 January 2023

A new safe space for women opens its doors in Istanbul

The Women’s Solidarity Foundation (KADAV) opened the First Step Station, a safe space for women who are at risk of or exposed to violence to get away from perpetrators for a period of 72 hours. Opened in the Şişli area of Istanbul, the centre aims to provide a temporary safe space for women and their children who do not have immediate access to a shelter or protective services. The project is implemented with the support of the Şişli Municipality within the “Strong Civic Space for Gender Equality” project implemented by UN Women and funded by the European Union. “As placement in shelters can be a challenging process, women may not be able to access and enjoy their rights if they are not guided with the right information,” says Özgür Genç, Project Coordinator at KADAV. “The First Step Station is offering a temporary space for women who are in the process of applying to shelters or seeking support for protection. We are very proud that such a center has been opened for the first time by a civil society with the support of a municipality. We hope that this station will become an example for other civil society organizations and municipalities.” The First Step Station aims to support women to take more concrete steps by informing them about their rights to access shelters and their legal rights. It aims to ensure that women can stay at a friendly and safe space instead of on the streets or at police stations while seeking protection. The centre provides counselling, as well as psychological and legal support to women who are subjected to violence before settling in a shelter. “The First Step Station is a safe space for women who are victims of violence. We built this space with women who live in our district,” says Öznur Sarıahmetoğlu, Manager of Social Services Support at the Şişli Municipality. “They donated every single piece of furniture. Together with the women of Şişli, we created this space for women who would like to escape from violence, be willing to determine their own destiny and take a break before they take the next steps for their future.” Zeliha Ünaldı, Deputy Country Director of UN Women Türkiye, adds that the First Step Station is a pioneering project that offers a temporary safe space for women who seek protection in cases of violence. “With the involvement of the Şişli Municipality, it is a project in which many different stakeholders joined forces. We will continue to cooperate with civil society organizations, women’s organizations and networks working on violence against women and women’s rights within our Strong Civic Space for Gender Equality project.”

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19 January 2023

Black Sea grain exports near 18 million tonnes

The UN-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative signed last July along with a Memorandum of Understanding, aimed at suppling markets with food and fertilizer amid global shortages and rising prices exacerbated by the Ukraine war, has now allowed 17.8 million tonnes to reach millions in need worldwide. The critical food supplies, mostly from farms in Ukraine heavily disrupted by the continued fighting in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion last year, have reached 43 countries since August – more than 40 per cent of them low and middle-income nations, the initiative’s Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) said in a Note to Correspondents on Wednesday. In December, exports through Ukraine’s Black Sea ports rose to 3.7 million metric tonnes, up from 2.6 million in November, and in just the last two weeks, nearly 1.2 million metric tonnes have left port. “However, unfavourable weather conditions both in Odesa ports as well as in Turkish inspection areas have curbed some movements in the last week”, the JCC said. To date, China has led the way in terms of receiving exports through the grain deal mechanism, based in Turkey’s largest city - the gateway to Asia and Europe, Istanbul. Spain has been the second most common destination, with Türkiye itself, third. Nearly 44 per cent of the wheat exported has been shipped to low and lower-middle income countries – 64 per cent to developing economies, the JCC reported. The UN’s World Food Programme bought eight per cent of the total wheat exported thanks to the deal last year, in support of its humanitarian operations in hunger-struck places around the world. Over 1,300 voyages have been enabled so far by the JCC team – consisting of officials from the UN, Russia, Türkiye and Ukraine. “Currently, there are more than 100 vessels in Turkish territorial waters connected to the Initiative, 32 are waiting for inspection, while the rest have applied to participate in the Initiative”, said the JCC. “Since November, the JCC has been deploying three inspection teams daily. So far, this month, the teams conclude an average of 5.3 inspections per day. In the last two weeks, the average waiting time of vessels between application and inspection is 21 days.” The UN is urging all parties to work to remove obstacles for the reduction of the backlog and improve operational efficiencies within the JCC. The Initiative also calls for the facilitation of safe navigation for exports of fertilizers, including ammonia. “However, the shipment of ammonia from the Ukrainian ports has not yet begun. Ammonia, a key ingredient in the fertilizer production, is urgently needed on the market to bring these prices down and make it more affordable.” Negotiations on how to get ammonia through the Togliatti/Yuznhy pipeline are ongoing. The UN humanitarian coordination office, OCHA, said in a press release that a seven-truck convoy had reached Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region – just five kilometres from the Russian border. This community has been heavily impacted by months of hostilities and the 4,500 people who remain there depend on humanitarian aid to meet their needs.”

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10 January 2023

Security Council unanimously agrees to extend Syria cross-border aid lifeline

Trucks transporting food, medicine and other desperately needed aid into northwestern Syria from Türkiye, will continue their lifesaving journeys for another six months following a vote in the UN Security Council on January 9. Ambassadors unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing the renewal of the cross-border mechanism, a day before it was set to expire. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has taken note of the development, his Spokesperson said in a statement, which described the humanitarian operation as an “indispensable lifeline” for some 4.1 million people in the region. “The decision to confirm the extension of that authorization for an additional six months comes as humanitarian needs have reached the highest levels since the start of the conflict in 2011, with people in Syria grappling with a harsh winter and a cholera outbreak,” it said.   Resolution 2672 facilitates aid transport via the Bab al-Hawa crossing through a mechanism established nearly nine years ago. “This resolution allows humanitarian actors, particularly the United Nations and its agencies, to continue to reach those in need in a coordinated and carefully monitored manner,” said Swiss Ambassador Pascale Baeriswyl, speaking after the vote. “Rapid, unimpeded and sustainable access is needed,” she added. “We call on all parties to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid.”

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28 December 2022

2,5 million people on social media say NO to intimate partner violence with #SheSaidNo campaign

Civil society organizations, private sector companies and celebrities supported the campaign. The #SheSaidNo campaign is inspired by the #SheSaidYes hashtag that is widely used when a woman accepts a marriage proposal. UN Women Türkiye launched the campaign with teaser videos and posts that ran between 23 and 25 November2022 on social media. The aim of the campaign, which runs throughout the 16 Days of Activism, is to raise public awareness on the manifestations andconsequences of intimate partner violence against women and girls, as well as how to identify it and take action. The first teaser involved a celebrity couple Mert Yazıcıoğlu (male) and Afra Saraçoğlu (female). Yazıcıoğlu posted a photo of his girlfriend Saraçoğlu’s backhand and wrote She Said No, which ignited a storm of speculation and discussion by thousands of people on social media. On 25 November, Yazıcıoğlu posted a photo of the front of Saraçoğlu’s hand and invited everyone to join the #SheSaidNo campaign, resolving the mystery behind the previous post. The second teaser video was published by National Goodwill Ambassador and famous actor Demet Evgar, who was the main character of the Turkish version of the reowned Canadian TV series ‘Un gars, une fille’. Evgar came together with her castmate actor Emre Karayel after 7 years to shoot a sketch for the teaser campaign. The sketch was initially interpreted by the Turkish audience as a sign the series would restart. But the mystery was revealed on 25 November when the second sketchwas released, garnering the attention of hundreds of thousands around the campaign. Watch the YouTube teaser here. Besides having a strong teaser period, the campaign used unique artwork inspired by the diversity of women and voices that should unite against violence against women. The campaign invites everyone to choose their favourite poster (among 9 options) and share it on their social media. Through the campaign that reached millions in a short time, UN Women Türkiye invited followers to take a 10-question intimate partner violence test on its Instagram account. More than 55 thousand people took the test about intimate partner violence through 16 days. According to the initial results of the test, mostly taken by women, “desire to control” isperceived as “informing each other” in intimate partner relationships. The results also show that there is a lack of information about how to take action when people encounter women who are exposed to violence. UN Women invites everyone to shesaidno.info to get more information about intimate partner violence and learn support mechanisms. The campaign was kicked off through a launch event in downtown Istanbul, moderated by Evgar, where she said: “It is very difficult to achieve gender equality without ending violence completely. Everyone should take action against violence against women.” Financed by the European Union, with contributions from the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, the event brought together civil society, the women’s movement, the private sector, public authorities, youth, and activists. “We can all be advocates and our voices combined can drive the change we seek,” said Asya Varbanova, UN Women Türkiye Country Director, at the launch event. “Together we are stronger against violence and inequalities. Let us walk together to achieve the world we want to live in.” At the event representatives from civil society organizations, and youth took the stage to say “No” to violence and expressed their manifests against intimate partner violence. After the speeches, participants painted #SheSaidNo stencils. UN Women Türkiye reached more than 2.5 million people through the #SheSaidNo campaign with the support of more than 100 influencers and more than 80 private sector organizations.

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Press Release

04 January 2023

UN humanitarian leaders urge Security Council to preserve cross-border aid lifeline to north-west Syria

NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME, 2 January 2023 - "United Nations Security Council resolution 2642 – which allows for life-saving humanitarian aid to be delivered to north-west Syria from across the Turkish border – is set to expire in eight days. If the Council fails to extend it, the consequences will be catastrophic for 4.1 million people in non-Government controlled areas. Most of them are women and children who need assistance just to survive at the peak of winter and amidst a serious cholera outbreak. "Without UN cross-border operations, millions of people, especially those displaced for years and multiple times, will not have access to food and shelter; to help in coping with harsh winter conditions; to the surveillance, treatment and testing capacities needed to contain cholera; to safe water; and to protection from gender-based violence. "Any failure by the Council to extend the resolution would also mean that the UN Monitoring Mechanism (UNMM) would cease to function, which would bring an end to the UN’s verification of the humanitarian nature of consignments at the border. "Our position remains consistent and clear: Humanitarian assistance and protection services must always be allowed to reach those who need it through the safest and most direct and efficient route. "In 2022, together with our partners, we delivered aid from across the Turkish border into Syria, reaching an average of 2.7 million people every month. This work included early recovery and livelihood support to strengthen the resilience of communities across Syria. "We were also able to bolster assistance within Syria from Government-controlled areas across frontlines into the country’s north-west, delivering food, health, education and other supplies for thousands of people in need. We are determined to maintain and expand these deliveries, and we call on all stakeholders for unhindered, sustained and predictable humanitarian access to north-west Syria from Government-controlled areas. “Yet these crossline deliveries, while effective, cannot match the scale and scope of cross-border operations, which is and will continue to be indispensable.

“Unlike earlier resolutions which extended the cross-border operations for 12 months, the last action taken by the Council only granted a six-month authorization. This led to additional logistical and operational challenges, increased operational costs, and curbed the capacity of humanitarian partners to help those in need.

“The millions of people who depend on the cross-border lifeline for survival need this resolution to be renewed without delay.”

Signatories Mr. Martin Griffiths, Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Mr. António Vitorino, Director General, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Ms. Catherine Russell, Executive Director, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Mr. David Beasley, Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)

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25 November 2022

Women and girls are more at risk to be killed at home, new UNODC and UN Women report on femicide shows

New York, Nov 23 - A new study by UNODC and UN Women shows that, on average, more than five women or girls were killed every hour by someone in their own family in 2021. The report comes ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25 and is a horrific reminder that violence against women and girls is one of the most pervasive human rights violations worldwide. Of all the women and girls intentionally killed last year, some 56 percent were killed by intimate partners or other family members (45,000 out of 81,000), showing that home is not a safe place for many women and girls. Meanwhile, 11 percent of all male homicides are perpetrated in the private sphere. UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous said: “Behind every femicide statistic is the story of an individual woman or girl who has been failed. These deaths are preventable - the tools and the knowledge to do so already exist. Women’s rights organizations are already monitoring data and advocating for policy change and accountability. Now we need the concerted action across society that will fulfil women’s and girls’ right to feel and to be safe, at home, on the streets, and everywhere.” UNODC Executive Director Ghada Waly said: “No woman or girl should fear for her life because of who she is. To stop all forms of gender-related killings of women and girls, we need to count every victim, everywhere, and improve understanding of the risks and drivers of femicide so we can design better and more effective prevention and criminal justice responses. UNODC is proud to launch the 2022 femicide study with UN Women to galvanize global action and salute the efforts of women’s rights organizations around the world to end this crime.” This year’s figures also show that over the past decade, the overall number of femicides (referring to the killing of women simply because they are women) has remained largely unchanged, underscoring the urgency to prevent and respond to this scourge with stronger actions. Even though these numbers are alarmingly high, the true scale of femicide may be much higher. Too many victims of femicide still go uncounted – given inconsistencies in definitions and criteria amongst countries, for roughly four in ten women and girls killed intentionally in 2021, there is not enough information to identify them as femicide, especially for those killings happening in the public sphere. As for regional disparities, while femicide is a problem that concerns every single country in the world, the report shows that in absolute numbers, Asia recorded the largest number of gender related killings in the private sphere in 2021, whereas women and girls were more at risk of being killed by their intimate partners or other family members in Africa. In 2021, the rate of gender related killings in the private sphere was estimated at 2.5 per 100,000 female population in Africa, compared with 1.4 in the Americas, 1.2 in Oceania, 0.8 in Asia and 0.6 in Europe. At the same time, the findings suggest that the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 coincided with a significant increase in gender related killings in the private sphere in Northern America and to some extent in Western and Southern Europe. However, gender-related killings, as well as other forms of violence against women and girls, are not inevitable. They can and must be prevented, with a combination of early identification of women affected by violence, access to survivor-centered support and protection, ensuring that the police and justice systems are more responsive to the needs of survivors, and primary prevention by addressing the root causes of violence against women and girls including through transforming harmful masculinities, social norms, eliminating structural gender inequalities and gender stereotypes. Strengthening data collection on femicides is a critical step to inform policies and programs aimed to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls. Today’s report will help inform this year’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, an international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day. The yearly campaign sparks hundreds of events around the world to accelerate efforts to end violence against women and girls. The global theme for this year’s UN Secretary-General UNITE campaign is “UNITE! Activism to end violence against women and girls”, calling upon governments and partners to show their solidarity to women’s rights movements and activists and invites everyone to join the global movement to end violence against women once and for all. *** For the full report please click here (the report will go live when the embargo lifts) For editorial and social media content on ending violence against women, please check out our “In Focus” on this link

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08 November 2022

United Nations thanks Türkiye for its contribution to peacekeeping

New York, 9 November 2022: Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix thanked Türkiye for its strong support to United Nations Peacekeeping and the service and sacrifice of its uniformed personnel deployed around the world under the UN flag. Türkiye is a longstanding contributor of peacekeepers to the United Nations. It currently provides 179 military and police personnel, including 24 women, to eight UN peace operations. making it the 60th largest contributor. Türkiye’s largest deployment is with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) where 110 peacekeepers serve mostly as part of UNIFIL’s Maritime Task Force, which supports the Lebanese Navy in monitoring its territorial waters and securing the coastline. Türkiye also provides uniformed personnel to the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS); United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA); UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA); UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK); UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS); the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) and UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM). “The UN particularly appreciates Türkiye’s deployment of naval personnel and ships to UNIFIL’s Maritime Task Force, which is integral to maintaining peace,” said Jean-Pierre Lacroix. “Turkish military and police make a tangible difference wherever they serve. On the ground, they demonstrate a high-level of professionalism and dedication and we are deeply grateful for their continued contribution. We will never forget the sacrifice of the six Turkish peacekeepers who lost their lives over the years while serving under the UN flag,” he said. Türkiye also endorsed the Secretary-General’s ‘Action for Peacekeeping (A4P)’ initiative, which aims to strengthen peacekeeping through more targeted mandates, stronger and safer operations, better equipped and trained forces, and by mobilizing support for political solutions.    # # # # #
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The UN's Department of Global Communications runs the international multi-year communications campaign titled 'UN Peacekeeping -- Service and Sacrifice.' The campaign expresses the world body's gratitude to the countries that contribute their uniformed men and women to serve in the peacekeeping missions. https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/service-and-sacrifice

Since 1948, more than a million women and men have served as UN peacekeepers. Every day, they make a tangible difference in the lives of millions of the world’s most vulnerable people, and every day they save lives. Peacekeeping is a unique force with military and police personnel from over 120 countries serving together, alongside civilian colleagues. UN peacekeepers come from diverse cultures and speak different languages, but share a common purpose: the protection of vulnerable communities and the provision of support to countries struggling to move from conflict to peace. Tragically some make the ultimate sacrifice - over 3,500 peacekeepers have lost their lives in the cause of peace. https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/what-is-peacekeeping
Action for Peacekeeping: https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/action-for-peacekeeping-a4p

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08 November 2022

United Nations thanks Türkiye for its contribution to peacekeeping

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30 October 2022

Information Note from the United Nations Secretariat at the Joint Coordination Centre

The Secretariat, in close cooperation with the Turkish delegation at the JCC, continues to engage all representatives to offer options on next steps regarding the JCC operations in accordance with the goals and provisions stated in the Initiative.
In order to continue fulfilling the Initiative, it was proposed that the Turkish and United Nations delegations provide tomorrow 10 inspection teams aiming to inspect 40 outbound vessels. This inspection plan has been accepted by the delegation of Ukraine. The Russian Federation delegation has been informed.

Currently, there are 97 loaded vessels and 15 inbound vessels registered for JCC inspection around Istanbul. There are an additional 89 that have applied to join the Initiative. In addition, the Ukrainian, Turkish and United Nations delegations agreed on a movement plan for tomorrow 31 October for the maritime humanitarian corridor of 16 vessels, 12 outbound and 4 inbound. The UN delegation, in its capacity as JCC Secretariat, has informed the delegation of the Russian Federation on the movements in accordance with the JCC established procedures. As per JCC procedures, all participants coordinate with their respective military and other relevant authorities to ensure the safe passage of commercial vessels under the Black Sea Grain Initiative. There was no movement of vessels in the corridor today, 30 October. There are currently 21 vessels engaged in the Initiative that are in or near the three Ukrainian ports with a capacity of over 700,000 metric tons, including IKARIA ANGEL, a vessel chartered by the World Food Programme loaded with 30,000 metric tons of wheat for the emergency response in the Horn of Africa. Today, the joint inspection teams concluded 11 inspections on board outbound vessels SAKAR (IMO 9104811), BLUE SHARK (IMO 9003770), IRMGARD (IMO 9590967), ARGONAUT (IMO 9717694), LUCKY (IMO 9037305), YAF S (IMO 9437787), LADY ELA (IMO 9511442), SANITA S (IMO 9237888), SUPER ARSENAL (IMO 9316933), ZHE HAI 505 (IMO 9567477), and NEW LEVANT (IMO 9111371). The JCC has requested additional documentation from one more outbound vessel JAGUAR (IMO 7726990) to be cleared remotely. Another inspection on board an outbound vessel was suspended due to lack of documents. Today, 30 October, six vessels carrying 186,426 metric tons of grains and other food stuffs began their outbound voyage but have not yet entered the maritime humanitarian corridor:

1) DESPINA V (IMO 9727986) from Yuzhny/Pivdennyi to Rotterdam, The Netherlands, carrying 71,135 metric tons of corn.
2) NIKOLAOS A (IMO 9493949) Chornomorsk to Liverpool, United Kingdom, carrying 46,141 metric tons of rapeseed.
3) AFRICAN ROBIN (IMO 9317767) from Odesa to Algeria, carrying 30,500 metric tons of wheat.
4) IKARIA ANGEL (IMO 9194397) from Chornomorsk to Djibouti, carrying 30,000 metric tons of wheat.
5) SK FRIENDSHIP (IMO 8909446) from Chornomorsk to Egypt, carrying 6,600 metric tons of soya beans.
6) SEALOCK (IMO 8218380) from Chornomorsk to Mersin, Türkiye, carrying 2,050 metric tons of peas. Yesterday, 29 October, five outbound vessels transited safely the maritime humanitarian corridor under the Black Sea Grain Initiative carrying 97,400 metric tons:

1) SUPER BAYERN (IMO 9278911) from Chornomorsk to Italy carrying 33,000 metric tons of corn.
2) RUBYMAR (IMO 9138898) from Yuzhny/Pivdennyi to Iskenderun, Türkiye carrying 29,600 metric tons of corn.
3) RISING EAGLE (IMO 9073672) from Odesa to Egypt, carrying 25,000 metric tons of wheat.
4) CAPTAIN ADAM 1 (IMO 8914087) from Chornomorsk to Italy carrying 6,600 metric tons of soy beans.
5) MONTARA (IMO 9234202) from Odesa to Türkiye carrying 3,200 metric tons of corn.

In addition, four inbound vessels transited safely the corridor yesterday and reached their respective ports: CHRISTINA B (IMO 9304162), ELEFSIS (IMO 9118678), RATTANA NAREE (IMO 9245055), and RIO (IMO 9039975).

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