The MT Mercer Street tanker was struck Thursday in the northern Indian Ocean, killing two crew members, in what the United States said was a drone-style attack.
The warning came as diplomats and humanitarian officials reported heavy fighting in northern and southern Tigray, and as federal forces claimed "major victories" that would bring them closer to the regional capital Mekele.
With COVID-19 still limiting global movement, just one representative from each of the 193 UN members will be allowed, and only someone already in the United States.
The UNDOC says every day, in every country across the globe, human traffickers are exploiting people for profit and the poor and vulnerable remain most at risk.
The independent experts on the Human Rights Committee published a fresh interpretation of the right of peaceful assembly, offering comprehensive legal guidance about where and how it applies and also outlining governments' obligations.
Economic shocks, conflict, floods, desert locusts and now the novel coronavirus were creating a perfect storm for the expected sharp rise in food insecurity, according to a report by several UN agencies.
Up to a million species face extinction, many within decades, according to the report, and three-quarters of Earth's land surface has been "severely altered".
The cash-strapped regime has been under multiple UN sanctions for decades over its weapons programmes and has blamed them for its economic woes.
Ethiopia and Eritrea last year ended a two-decade-long cold war, while South Sudan is trying to implement the latest in a long line of peace deals to end a bloody five-year conflict.
The site, on Hodeida's eastern edges, was rigged heavily with mines when it slipped from Huthi control in November.
At least 19 people have been killed since December 19 during protests sparked by Khartoum's decision to hike the price of bread, according to the government.
The UN chief said he had no information on the case except what had been reported in the media.
Each year, the world body needs an additional billion dollars, UN Under Secretary General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock said.
At home, according to new research from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, which shows almost 6 in 10 women intentionally killed are murdered by an intimate partner or a family member.
The UNODC calculated that the global rate of female homicide victims stood at around 1.3 victims per 100,000 female population.
Often armed with little more than Kalashnikov assault rifles, these men must contend with rebel groups who can be far better equipped.
The move came hours after United Nations investigators said the army carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with “genocidal intent.”
Britain will use "all its influence to push for such an approach," he added, saying there was "a small but real chance that a cessation of hostilities could alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people."
