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Middle East war: Leaders can choose to end conflict, UN chief urges Syria needs in spotlight as UN relief chief visits: OCHANYC looking for deeper ties with UN, says city’s new mayor Mamdani

Middle East war: Energy crisis crunch hits vulnerable nationsUnderstanding the threat of sea mines: UN Mine Action ServiceSomalia drought drives crop failure and hunger crisis: UNICEF 

Middle East war: WFP warns that vital food aid blockedSyria: 200,000 have fled Lebanon conflict - UNHCRUNWRA chief condemns Knesset death penalty law for Palestinians 

UN peacekeeper killed in Israeli-Hezbollah clashes in Lebanon Yemen: UN envoy decries Houthi decision to attack Israel  Transform inefficient food systems on Zero-Waste Day 

Aid shipments getting back on track in Middle East: WHOLebanon: ‘Nowhere safe to go’ warn UNICEF, UNHCR, UN WomenDesalination plant strike risk looms over Gulf States

Ukraine war more dangerous than ever, Human Rights Council hearsHaiti’s ‘vortex of violence’ now at disastrous levels: OHCHRCuba blockade having major impact on healthcare: WHO

Guterres urges de-escalation as war spirals ‘out of control’Iran offers conditional safe passage through Strait of Hormuz: UN maritime agency Ukraine: massive drone and missile attack reported: OHCHR

Sudan: Hospital strike highlights surge in drone attacks on civiliansLifesaving medicines arrive for Lebanon’s strained healthcare systemHaiti’s criminal gangs expand their reach, police accused of executions

•    Strait of Hormuz impact still expanding, warns UNCTAD •    UNICEF aid convoy reaches southern Lebanon communities in need•    WMO warns of record ‘climate imbalance’ 

UN chief Guterres urges end to war as regional crisis threatens to spiralHuman rights defenders in Colombia face relentless violence: OHCHRWomen and girls bear brunt of global water crisis UNESCO report finds

Plight of Strait of Hormuz seafarers in spotlight at IMO meetingYemen appeal seeks $2 billion for 12 million people in need Forests hailed as renewable source of economic prosperity: FAO, UNDP

Mid-East war prompts risk of most severe aid disruption since COVID - WFPLebanon’s displaced fear ‘targeted assassinations’, warns top aid official Afghanistan drug rehabilitation centre blast reaction from OHCHR

Combating Islamophobia is about overcoming bigotry, says UN chiefMiddle East war: UN human rights office condemns killing of Palestinian Killing of Palestinians condemned in Gaza and occupied West Bank 

UN chief launches $308 million appeal for strife-hit LebanonMiddle East war: Women in Lebanon forced to give birth on roadsideSyria rights probe warns of ongoing serious violations across country

UN maritime agency to hold emergency session on Gulf crisis: IMOIOM condemns deadly strike on Lebanon shelterUkraine: child deportations by Russia are crimes against humanity, says Human Rights Council independent probe

Aid chief condemns use of drones in $1 billion-a-day Middle East war: OCHALebanon: UN ‘blue helmets’ are staying, says peacekeeping chiefUNICEF worker confirmed killed in DR Congo 

‘Black rain’ alert after oil depot strikes across Middle East: WHO, OHCHRGazans still forced to live hand-to-mouth, warns WFPUN rights chief issues South Sudan ceasefire call amid atrocities

Middle East strikes on Iranian petrol stores prompts WHO alertCondemnation for latest occupied West Bank killings: UN rights officeRefugee women’s rights trail far behind men’s, warns UNHCR

UN rights chief urges de-escalation as Middle East war spreadsLebanon suffering in spotlight amid Israeli evacuation ordersLifesaving relief for Gaza, Sudan, held up by supply chain crisis: WHO

UN rights chief warns global inequality is deepeningObesity is ‘one of the greatest health problems of our time,’ says TedrosDomicide on the increase as conflicts proliferate, warns top rights expert

Lebanon: families fleeing Israeli airstrikes have almost nothing - UNICEFNeeds remain immense in Gaza, warns OCHA Iran’s protesters face expedited death penalty, say independent rights experts

Iran war: Emergency protocols in place amid supply chain slowdown - WFPRelief as key Gaza crossing set to reopen, aid teams say Afghanistan braces for further returns influx from Iran and Pakistan UNHCR

Iran crisis: Nuclear watchdog urges restraint amid ongoing strikesCondemnation for Strait of Hormuz shipping attacksAfghanistan’s quake survivors still vulnerable, warns OCHA 

Epstein scandal highlights how women and girls are silenced: UN Human Rights chief Fears grow for Afghan civilians after reported Pakistan air strikesDenmark eradicates mother-to-child transmission of syphilis, HIV

Afghanistan-Pakistan tensions: UN Human Rights chief urges talks Further risk of genocidal acts in Sudan, top rights probe warnsGaza suffering enormous, Türk tells Human Rights Council

Organized crime and poor regulation to blame for toxic pollution scourge Ukraine war with Russia now driving school closures even far from front linesGeopolitical tensions hinder economic growth in Arab nations pursuing green energy shift

Ukraine wakes to more violence as Russia’s full-scale invasion enters fifth yearSomalia alert as acute hunger doubles in a yearGaza’s children refuse to give up on their future

Human Rights Council must resist geopolitical uncertainty: GuterresEnd the targeting of civilians in South Sudan violence, insists UN aid chiefDuterte pre-trial hearings underway at International Criminal Court

Ukraine: Women continue to bear the brunt of the ongoing war Child trafficking by gangs severely threatens Haiti’s future Somalia: WFP warns funding cuts could stop food aid within weeks 

Sudan: UN fact-finding mission finds ‘Hallmarks of Genocide’ in El Fasher Gaza: OHCHR warns of possible ethnic cleansing South Sudan: WFP scales up aid as conflict deepens hunger crisis 

Sudan: deadly drone strikes killed dozensAsia-Pacific: falling behind 88 per cent of their SDG targets by 2030UN plays tribute to civil rights icon the Reverend Jesse Jackson who passed away on Tuesday

Conflict and instability are making pregnancy increasingly dangerous worldwide, warns WHOUkraine: Civilians face ongoing attacks as bitter winter conditions deepen sufferingUN Secretary-General’s message for Lunar New Year

Ukraine: Millions face worsening conditions amid freezing temperatures, power outages - UN migration agency WHO confirms two cases of a newly combined mpox strain in India and the United Kingdom.In Ramadan message, Guterres calls on people worldwide to embrace peace, compassion, and solidarity

Madagascar: Back-to-back cyclones leave hundreds of thousands in urgent needUNHCR warns of mounting hardship facing Afghan returnees UN rights office concerned over deepening socio-economic crisis in Cuba 

Ukraine war: UN rights chief Türk slams relentless attacks by Russia Gaza: Israeli forces demolish UN school behind ‘Yellow Line’ - UNRWACholera surging again in DR Congo: OCHA

Daily life in Gaza: airstrikes, shelling and aid restrictions - OCHAThe vital task of helping Sudan’s survivors of sexual violence - UNICEFMeasles risk increases across Europe: WHO 

Ethiopia: UN rights chief issues alert over ‘precarious’ situation in Tigray In Sudan, sick and starving children are ‘wasting away’: UNICEF, WHOCrypto is in but Least Developed Countries are missing out: UNCTAD

Sudan war crimes in spotlight at Human Rights Council53 migrants die in latest shipwreck tragedy off Libya coastChild labour scourge still impacting 138 million children

Concerns persist over chemical spraying incident on Lebanon's Blue Line Occupied West Bank settlement expansion is making a Palestinian state unviable: OHCHR After START, new nuclear threats under spotlight at UN disarmament talks

Human rights chief issues $400 million appeal to ensure most vulnerable are protectedOccupied West Bank attacks on Palestinians record huge spike since 2021: OCHAUN aid flights to resume to Yemen’s opposition-held capital 

Intensifying ISIL threat highlights need for continued counter-terrorism effortsWFP halts humanitarian operations in northern South Sudan regionNearly 40 per cent of cancer cases could be prevented

UNICEF delivers generators and aid amid ongoing attacks in Ukraine First medical evacuations begin as Rafah crossing reopens after a yearStudent-built satellite from Mexico deployed from the International Space Station, widening space participation 

Rafah border reopens as UN officials warn of ongoing violence in GazaRussian attack in Ukraine killed and injured mine workers commuting to work Global space leaders convene in Vienna to tackle the future of outer space

Darfur’s children living on a thin line between abandonment and hopeMyanmar: Türk says military-run elections have exacerbated violence, social divisionUNICEF steps up winter response to protect children and families amid Ukraine’s harsh cold