April 14, Thursday, 2022 (1:30 p.m.) Newsline read by Mr. Yamaguchi Hiroaki

1.US Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has indicated that a humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine does not seem possible at the moment.
2.A draft resolution to require the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to explain their decision when they exercise veto power will be submitted shortly to the General Assembly.
3.The US Defense Department says the US will quickly send more military equipment and supplies to Ukraine in newly authorized assistance. President Joe Biden promised an additional 800 million dollars’ worth of military aid in phone talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday.