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Aid agencies warn Gaza response at breaking point as Israel urged to lift new restrictions

·December 17, 2025·1 min read

In a sharply worded statement issued on Tuesday, the Humanitarian Country Team – which brings together senior UN officials and more than 200 local and international aid groups – called on the international community to press Israeli authorities to reverse measures that are choking humanitarian work, particularly in the Gaza...

Yemen on the brink: Guterres urges restraint, calls for release of UN detainees

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·December 17, 2025·2 min read

Addressing the media outside the council chamber in New York, he pointed to simmering tensions across Yemen and “dramatic new developments” in its eastern governorates that “are turning up the heat.” Since 2014, Yemeni government forces supported by a Saudi-led military coalition have been battling Houthi rebels, who are backed by Iran and control the capital, Sana’a. Risk of wider escalation This...

New influenza variant is surging, but vaccination still our best bet: WHO

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·December 17, 2025·2 min read

Influenza and other respiratory viruses are surging, Dr Wenqing Zhang, Unit Head for Global Respiratory Threats at the Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Threats Management of the World Health Organization (WHO) told reporters in Geneva, and this year is marked by “the emergence and the rapid expansion of a new...

New demolition order for West Bank camp is ‘more devastating news’

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·December 17, 2025·2 min read

Some 25 buildings face imminent demolition starting on 18 December, impacting hundreds of forcibly displaced Palestinians, the Director of UNRWA Affairs for the occupied West Bank, Roland Friedrich, said on Tuesday in a statement posted on social media. Furthermore, satellite imagery shows that nearly half of all buildings in the camp, 48 per cent, had already been damaged...

UN deal delivers a smoother ride for global trade

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·December 17, 2025·4 min read

The UN Convention on Negotiable Cargo Documents creates, for the first time, a single document that can be used for trains, trucks and planes which allows logistical changes to be made for goods already on the move. That means valuable cargo can be sold, rerouted or used to secure financing...

Ex-UN chief Ban warns Security Council risks irrelevance without reform

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·December 16, 2025·5 min read

That call came during an open debate on “Leadership for Peace,” where former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and academic Anjali Dayal pressed members to confront both the external crises facing the UN and internal constraints that have weakened its ability to act. Mr. Ban, now an emeritus member of The Elders...

From Tbilisi courtyards to virtual rooms, young women reimagine peace across divides

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·December 16, 2025·4 min read

In a region long overshadowed by conflict narratives, a new kind of leadership is emerging – quiet, insistent, and unmistakably women-centred. At the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) meeting under way in Riyadh, a Youth Forum took place on Monday featuring, among others, young women from the South Caucasus. They...

Corruption costs lives and livelihoods: Why this week’s UN summit in Doha matters

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·December 16, 2025·2 min read

Heads of State, civil society and private sector leaders will be discussing the most pressing issues surrounding corruption and how to tackle the scourge, at a UN anti-corruption conference (COSP11) this week in Doha, Qatar. “When corruption infects the legal system, cases are mishandled, justice is delayed or denied, and victims...

Aid deprioritised as commercial goods flow into Gaza, UN warns

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·December 15, 2025·2 min read

Despite sustained efforts by the UN and its partners, needs are rising faster than aid can be delivered, according to Olga Cherevko, an OCHA spokesperson in Gaza. “We continue to provide a response, but the needs outpace the speed with which we can respond,” she said, pointing to the limited...

UN Alliance of Civilizations urges youth to reaffirm peace as a global priority

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·December 15, 2025·3 min read

Speaking to UN News ahead of the 11th Global Forum of the Alliance, which opens in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday, Miguel Ángel Moratinos urged youth everywhere to reclaim peace as a global priority. The future depends on a new generation willing to choose dialogue over division, and humanity over...

Dialogue is ‘not naïve – it’s necessary’ as global divisions deepen, UN Riyadh forum hears

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·December 15, 2025·4 min read

The 11th Global Forum opened in Riyadh on Sunday with a blunt message for a world riven by distrust: dialogue is not a luxury – it’s a survival strategy. Over the next two days, participants gathered in the Saudi capital are expected to insist that cooperation across cultures, religions, and...

From farm to classroom: Feeding children and supporting farmers in Timor-Leste

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·December 15, 2025·4 min read

In the mountainous municipality of Manufahi, in southern Timor-Leste, where healthy food is often beyond the budget of most households, the United Nations is helping to make sure the benefits of development are broad. “Our students were not starving, but they were not to getting a nutritious diet,” said Domingos...