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Middle East crisis: Live updates for 20 January; Guterres calls for ‘immediate action’ to protect civilians, release of all hostages

·January 20, 2025·1 min read

Following the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners on Sunday, the UN Security Council is meeting in New York to hear from the Secretary-General and foreign ministers from the Middle East and beyond. The UN Secretary-General told the meeting there must be “irreversible action” to realise the two-State solution....

Relentless crisis in Haiti: One in eight children internally displaced

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·January 19, 2025·2 min read

The latest data reveals that over 500,000 children have been forced from their homes – a shocking 48 per cent increase since September. In total, more than one million Haitians are internally displaced, half of whom are children urgently requiring humanitarian aid. “It is a horrific time to be a...

New era of crisis for children, as global conflicts intensify and inequality worsens

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·January 13, 2025·4 min read

At the beginning of each year, UNICEF looks ahead to the risks that children are likely to face and suggests ways to reduce the potential harm. The latest report, Prospects for Children 2025: Building Resilient Systems for Children’s Futures, demands strengthening national systems that are designed to mitigate the impacts of...

‘Famine conditions are spreading’ as Sudan’s crisis worsens: Security Council

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·January 7, 2025·2 min read

Addressing the Security Council on Monday, Edem Wosornu, Director of the Advocacy and Operations Division at the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) described the unfolding disaster as “a humanitarian crisis of staggering proportions.” This “man-made” catastrophe, driven by relentless conflict, has dismantled food systems and critical infrastructure, leaving millions in...

Haiti gangs crisis: Top rights expert decries attacks on hospitals

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·January 4, 2025·1 min read

William O’Neill, who reports to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, highlighted an attack on the Bernard Mevs Hospital in Port-au-Prince on 17 December and the killing of several journalists and a police officer at the General Hospital on 24 December. The victims were attending the hospital’s official reopening....

MIDDLE EAST CRISIS LIVE: Security Council holds emergency meeting on collapse of Gaza health system

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·January 3, 2025·1 min read

The UN Security Council met on Friday morning in New York to debate the collapse of health services in Gaza. The meeting was called by Algeria, the leading voice for the Arab world on the Council which has just taken the gavel as president for the month of January. Senior...

The climate crisis: 5 things to watch out for in 2025

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·December 29, 2024·6 min read

1 Can we keep 1.5 alive? “Keep 1.5 alive” has been the UN’s rallying cry for a number of years, a reference to the goal of ensuring that average global temperatures don’t soar beyond 1.5 degrees higher than pre-industrial levels. The scientific consensus is that a lack of action would...

Syria: UN investigators call for protecting evidence amid worsening humanitarian crisis

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·December 24, 2024·2 min read

In parallel, the International, Impartial, and Independent Mechanism for Syria (IIIM) concluded a historic visit to Damascus, emphasizing the urgency of preserving evidence related to the most serious international crimes before it is irretrievably lost. Fuel shortages, disrupted roads Essential services, including hospitals and health centres, are severely impacted, particularly...

Staggering scale of Sudan crisis ‘demands sustained and urgent attention’

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·December 21, 2024·2 min read

Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations at the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), described the situation as a “crisis of staggering scale and cruelty”. “It demands sustained and urgent attention,” she emphasized. Ms. Wosornu detailed the catastrophic toll of the conflict, which...

Sudan’s El Fasher siege: UN humanitarians killed as refugee crisis intensifies

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·December 21, 2024·3 min read

In a new report, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) has detailed the catastrophic humanitarian situation unfolding in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state. The city has been under siege for seven months by fighters from the powerful militia known as the RSF, which has been battling...

Syria crisis: ‘Key priority’ is preserving evidence of crimes, say UN investigators

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·December 17, 2024·1 min read

The historic shift of power in Syria and the possibility of finally accessing evidence of horrific human rights violations could bring accountability closer than ever – if only proof can be preserved – a top UN investigator said on Tuesday....

Middle East crisis: Live updates from Gaza, Syria and Security Council

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·December 17, 2024·1 min read

Senior UN officials have been meeting representatives of the new caretaker government in Damascus, following the end of the Assad regime. Later today, the Security Council in New York will hear updates from the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, and the UN’s emergency relief chief, Tom Fletcher. Meanwhile in...