Full text of the Initiative

• Full text of the Black Sea Grain Initiative

OCHA

• Joint Coordination Centre opens in Istanbul to facilitate safe export of commercial foodstuffs and fertilizers from Ukrainian ports
• Virtual Briefing on the Black Sea Grain Initiatives

IMO

• IMO Secretary-General visits port of Odesa
• Maritime Security and Safety in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov
• IMO welcomes maritime humanitarian corridor in Black Sea
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• IMO welcomes first ship departure under Black Sea Grain Initiative

UNCTAD

• Black Sea Grain Initiative extended
• A Trade Hope: The impact of the Black Sea Grain Initiative
• A Trade Hope — The Role of the Black Sea Grain Initiative in Bringing Ukrainian Grain to the World
• Black Sea Grain Initiative offers hope, shows power of trade
• Tackling food and energy crises: How trade and logistics can help
• Black Sea Grain Initiative helps stabilize global food markets
• Ukraine: Grynspan welcomes departure of first grain ship

WFP

• WFP vessel leaves Ukraine with grain for humanitarian response in Yemen
• Bulk carrier sets off from Ukraine with grain for WFP in first since start of war
• First WFP vessel leaves Ukraine, boosting efforts to get food supplies to people threatened by famine

UN News

• The Black Sea Grain Initiative: What it is, and why it’s important for the world
• UN officials see progress as global food prices drop and shipments under Black Sea grain deal pick up
• Ukraine: More than one million tonnes of grain and food items exported under Black Sea deal
• UN chief ends Europe trip with visit to ‘vessels of hope’
• UN chief to rich nations: ‘Open wallets’ and ‘hearts’ for developing countries to purchase Ukrainian grain
• Grain deal ‘victory for diplomacy,’ UN chief tells journalists in Ukraine
• WFP: First Ukrainian humanitarian grain shipment leaves for Horn of Africa
• Vessel to collect first humanitarian wheat shipment under Ukraine grain deal
• Ukraine grain export deal off to ‘a very good start’ – UN interim Coordinator
• More lifesaving grain shipments authorized to leave Ukraine
• Ukraine: Black Sea grain shipment success raises hopes more will follow
• Ukraine: Guterres welcomes departure of first grain ship, to help ease food crisis
• Black Sea grain exports deal ‘a beacon of hope’ amid Ukraine war - Guterres
• UN welcomes new centre to put Ukraine grain exports deal into motion
• Guterres hails ‘critical step forward’ on resuming Ukraine grain exports
• Act now to end food, energy and finance crisis, Guterres urges world leaders

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Multimedia

• Signing of the UN initiative on global access to Ukrainian food products and Russian food and fertilizers

• Press Conference by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

• Press conference by Frederick Kenney, interim Coordinator for the United Nations at the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) for the Black Sea Initiative

• Opening remarks by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, at the Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul, Türkiye

• Secretary-General's press encounter with the Turkish Minister of Defense at the Joint Coordination Centre for the Black Sea Grain Initiative [including Q and A]

• Amir Abdulla, the UN Coordinator for Black Sea Grain Initiative, and Rebeca Grynspan (UNCTAD) update on the UN-led Initiatives to reintegrate grains and fertilizers from Ukraine and the Russian Federation to the global markets

• What is the Black Sea Initiative? | The UN Explained