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‘Hope rooted in action’ with UN at centre will propel humanity forward in 2025, insists UN Secretary-GeneralUN rights chief meets Syria’s caretaker authority leader in DamascusSuspected Marburg virus outbreak declared in Tanzania – WHO

UN News Today 15 January 2025

Ukraine humanitarian and refugee response plan launchEconomic recovery is not contributing enough to jobs or wages: ILORecovery underway in Mozambique after two storms hit in a month, says OCHA

UN News Today 16 January 2025

600 trucks per day need to reach Gaza after the ceasefire begins, says the World Health OrganizationIn Sudan, deadly ethnic violence is on the rise as the country’s long-running war goes on, says the UN human rights officeDignity for migrants should be our guiding objective, insists ‘Cabrini’ actress: UNHCR

UN News Today 17 January 2025

Gaza: over 630 aid trucks have entered since ceasefire says UN aid chiefSudan famine: UN’s World Food Programme sends aid convoy to help most vulnerable in Gezira stateMarburg virus alert: WHO’s Tedros advises against travel restrictions

UN News Today 20 January 2025

Freedom of movement is “massively restricted” in the West Bank, having a major impact on Palestinian’s daily lives, and “implications on everything from education to family unification”.Speaking to UN News’s Khaled Mohamed, Ajith Sunghay, Head of the UN human rights office, OHCHR, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, underscored that massive movement restrictions escalated even further following the Hamas-led terror attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023.Elaborating also on the situation in Gaza, Mr. Sunghay said that the documentation of violations has never stopped, but the holding ceasefire allows for “the possibility of information sharing.”

West Bank: Greater freedom of movement, ‘extremely critical’

UN regrets US exit from global health cooperation and climate change agreementAid now reaching Gaza at scale but huge needs remain, say OCHA, WHOSyria: intensifying hostilities in northeast spark deep concern

UN News Today 21 January 2025

At Davos, UN chief @AntonioGuterres slams backsliding on climate commitmentsSomalia: Aid partners seek $1.42 billion to help 4.6 million peopleMyanmar crisis: intensified airstrikes in multiple regions reported

UN News Today 22 January 2025

Gaza: UN delivers millions of litres of fuel for critical needs - UNOPSWest Bank: UN human rights office deeply concerned at escalating violencePeacekeepers in DR Congo deeply concerned about deteriorating security in east

UN News Today 23 January 2025

Nearly 250 million children’s schooling disrupted by climate crises in 2024: UNICEFDR Congo emergency: More civilians uprooted by hostilities amid fears that regional capital Goma could come under attackNigeria humanitarian response plan aims to help 3.6 million people: OCHA

UN News Today 24 January 2025

Security Council demands an end to M23 rebel offensive in DR CongoWHO calls for action on clean airUN marks 80 years since the end of the Holocaust

UN News Today 27 January 2025

Gaza: Israeli aid restrictions threaten care for most vulnerable, warns UNICEFUkraine’s Odesa hit in Russian attacks disrupting power supplies: OCHASeventy per cent of targets of hate speech are minorities, Human Rights Council hears

UN News Today 05 March 2025

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