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‘It is an elephant’: Ukraine’s unexploded mine problem
- UN News
In Ukraine, overnight attacks continued into Thursday morning, resulting in 45 casualties and significant damage to civilian infrastructure, the UN has reported.
UN chief urges world leaders to keep two-State solution ‘alive’
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday urged world leaders to revive efforts toward a two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, warning that there is no alternative.
In Gaza, daily food intake has fallen well below ‘survival’ level
- UN News
The lack of food entering Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid restrictions is leaving increasing numbers of Palestinians “vulnerable to starvation”, with daily energy intake now well below what a human body needs to survive, the UN warned on Thursday.
Top UN advocate sounds alarm over sexual violence crisis in gang-ravaged Haiti
- UN News
Haiti has been gripped by spiralling gang violence ever since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. The subsequent unrest has displaced one million people, more than half of them children, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
US vetoes Security Council resolution demanding permanent ceasefire in Gaza
- UN News
A draft resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza failed to pass in the UN Security Council on Wednesday after the United States cast its veto – blocking the initiative backed by all ten elected members of the Council.
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Ambassadors to vote on new ceasefire resolution
- UN News
After weeks of negotiations, the Council’s ten elected members have initiated a new draft resolution on Gaza as the humanitarian crisis deepens by the day. It calls for an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire, the unconditional release of hostages held by Hamas and others and the immediate lifting of all aid restrictions. We’re joining live coverage from our Meetings Coverage Section and UN News app users can follow here.
Gaza: UN relief chief welcomes growing support for aid teams to resume vital work
- UN News
Amid reports of yet another deadly attack on a school in Gaza on Wednesday, the UN’s top aid official Tom Fletcher welcomed growing international calls for lifesaving aid work by established agencies to resume in the war-torn enclave.
World News in Brief: Aid for Syria, children under attack in Mozambique, rights-based climate action
- UN News
Nearly 16 million people in Syria need urgent humanitarian health support, the UN warned on Tuesday, as aid deliveries continue amid escalating needs, deadly explosive hazards and a severe funding shortfall.
Five humanitarians killed in ‘horrendous’ attack on aid convoy in Sudan
- UN News
An aid convoy carrying life-saving assistance for the famine-affected area of North Darfur, Sudan, was attacked on Monday night, killing five humanitarian workers, injuring many more and damaging critical humanitarian supplies.
Five countries elected to serve on UN Security Council
- UN News
Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia, and Liberia were elected on Tuesday to serve as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council, with two-year terms beginning in January 2026.
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