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No child safe in Sudan’s El Fasher, warns UNICEFTürk calls for full implementation of Gaza ceasefire, amid overnight killings‘Yawning gap’ remains between climate adaptation needs and pledges

UN climate chief says action to end the crisis is still too slow, but it’s moving in the right directionWidespread killings and indiscriminate violence reported by refugees fleeing El Fasher in SudanTaliban’s 48-hour communication blackout in Afghanistan violated human rights, according to the UN human rights office

As airstrikes and conflict continue to devastate communities across Ukraine, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, is raising urgent concerns about the mental health and well-being of the country’s children.Kenan Madi, Chief of Field Operations for UNICEF in Ukraine, warns that the war is leaving thousands of children without homes, heat, power, or access to basic services, making everyday life “extremely difficult.”Education has also been severely disrupted.Despite ongoing efforts, UNICEF’s appeal for Ukraine remains only partially funded, leaving millions of children at risk as another harsh winter looms.UN News’s Nargiz Shekinskaya started by asking Mr. Madi what are the main needs of the children living on the frontlines of the conflict.

One in three organizations have suspended or shut down programmes aimed at ending violence against womenUN alarmed by ‘terrifying’ situation in Sudan’s El FasherUN chief calls for stronger ASEAN-UN partnership to tackle global challenges

UN chief calls for urgent Security Council reformGaza: opening all crossings is ‘critical’, UN health agency calls for more accessForty migrants, including children, perish in Tunisia shipwreck warns of growing dangers on sea routes

Gaza: international community to build on current ceasefire toward a comprehensive agreement or risk insecurity and violence.Sudan: UN agencies call for immediate action to address the escalating humanitarian crisis there.Green light for Gang Suppression Force tells Haitians ‘they are not alone’, Security Council hears

Climate science and early warnings key to saving livesGaza: children are in urgent need of safety; humanitarians ramp up assistanceDecade of slowing deforestation offers hope for forests

Gaza: ‘Overwhelming’ demand for food aid, as WFP urges more border access to prevent famineDRC: Women and girls endure escalating crisis as UNFPA warns of rising violence and failing health facilitiesSudan war: Over a million people have returned to Khartoum, in sign of resilience

Kyrgyzstan: Reintroduction of death penalty would violate international law, Türk warns$31 trillion debt is holding back developing countries, UNCTAD conference hearsSudan aid access must be allowed to save lives, insists OCHA

UN urges opening of all Gaza crossings to deliver three-month food supplyGroundbreaking report reveals powerful link between poverty and climate change‘No safe level’ in lead exposure, WHO warns

Transform agrifood systems on World Food Day: FAO UN agencies push to scale up aid deliveries in Gaza Afghanistan–Pakistan ceasefire follows deadly border clashes

Record rise in carbon dioxide levels during 2024: UN weather agencyGaza: UN relief chief calls for Israel and Hamas to abide by agreementsNearly 14 million people could face severe hunger by the end of the year: WFP

Gaza: Crucial water treatment centre reopens: UNICEFHaiti: record 5.7 million people in acute hunger: WFPRohingya at risk from humanitarian funding crisis, warns UNICEF

Gaza: Hostages released, aid is beginning to flow, say aid agenciesSouth Sudan’s escalating political crisis is driving violence, Human Rights Council investigators warnWHO: Maldives is first country to stop mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B

Ukraine’s front-line communities among millions enduring a global mental health crisisGazans on the move after ceasefire deal, aid teams appeal for open accessUN rights office hails new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado from Venezuela

Gaza: Aid supplies are on standby, we are ready to deliver, says UN chiefCondemnation for deadly Myanmar airstrike on civiliansDespite war in Sudan, relief teams get vaccines to vulnerable populations: UNICEF

Gaza City ‘almost deserted’ as the war enters its third yearWHO warns Gaza’s health system ‘on the brink of collapse’ ahead of regional health summitUN and city leaders warn of housing emergency across Europe

Guterres marks two years since Hamas-led attacks on Israel, UN agencies warn Gaza’s children still paying the highest priceMozambique: Renewed violence displaces 22,000 in a week as conflict intensifies in Cabo Delgado, UNHCR warnsSudan: UN sounds alarm as fighting and hunger worsen in besieged El Fasher

We are not powerless in face of atrocities in Gaza, West Bank, Ukraine and beyond, insists UNHCR chiefHuman Rights Council investigators to probe Afghanistan violationsGaza’s displaced face deadly threats while fleeing violence, warn aid teams

Drone victims, terror and death: 30 minutes in a Gaza hospital: UNICEF, WHOHaiti: 8,000 people facing famine-like conditions, warns WFPUkraine war more deadly than ever, warns UN rights chief