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Daily Wrap 30 June 2025
Sevilla is hosting the fourth Financing for Development conference.
It's time to finance our future and 'change course', Guterres tells world leaders in Sevilla

"We're here in Sevilla to change course," the UN chief told world leaders on Monday, calling on them to grasp a once-in-a-decade opportunity to close a $4 trillion financing gap facing developing countries to meet sustainable development goals – and build a better world for all.

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Economic Development
Tents of displaced Palestinians by the Gaza seaport.
Gaza: UN urges Israel to allow fuel into Strip

The crisis in Gaza is worsening, UN humanitarians warned on Monday, as ongoing hostilities and access restrictions drive displaced communities deeper into despair.

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Humanitarian Aid
Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for Middle East, Asia and the Pacific at the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs. (file photo)
Gaza: 'Unbearable' suffering continues, UN official tells Security Council

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is deepening at an alarming rate, a senior United Nations official warned on Monday, as Israeli military operations and attacks on civilians seeking aid continue to exact a devastating toll on lives and infrastructure.

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Peace and Security
A bombed shopping centre lies in ruins in Odesa.
Report reveals significant rise in civilian casualties and rights violations in Ukraine

Civilian casualties and violations in Ukraine have significantly escalated in recent months, including a sharp rise in often deadly drone attacks, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report published on Monday.

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Human Rights
Afghans who have been deported from Iran gather at the Islam Qala border crossing in western Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Surging returns from Iran overwhelm fragile support systems, UN agencies warn

More than 700,000 Afghan migrants have returned from Iran so far this year, including 256,000 in June alone, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Monday, warning of immense pressures on Afghanistan's overstretched support systems.   

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Migrants and Refugees
Fossil fuel-powered factories are contributing to climate change.
Human rights can be a 'strong lever for progress' in climate change, says UN rights chief

The UN's top rights official on Monday urged the international community to confront the growing human rights implications of climate change.

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Human Rights
While loneliness affects people across all ages, young people and people living in low- and middle-income countries are especially vulnerable.
Every hour, 100 people die of loneliness-related causes, UN health agency reports

One in six people are affected by loneliness, with significant implications for health and well-being, according to a new report from the UN World Health Organization (WHO). 

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Health
Sevilla is hosting the 4th Financing for Development conference.
After the big development pledges in Sevilla, UN says action starts now

Now the big promises have been formally adopted in the Spanish city of Sevilla to turbocharge financing for sustainable development, how are the ambitious goals going to be met – and how quickly?

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Economic Development
Refugees from Sudan register at a centre in Birao in the Central African Republic.
Funding shortages threaten relief for millions of Sudanese refugees: WFP

Critical shortfalls in global humanitarian funding now threaten millions of Sudanese refugees fleeing war to seek refuge in neighbouring countries, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday.

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Peace and Security
Remarks are delivered after the UN and Spanish flags are raised at the Financing for Development Conference in Sevilla.
LIVE: World leaders in Sevilla launch ambitious push to finance the future

From rising debt and shrinking investment, to the aid funding crisis and struggles to meet ambitious development goals, the global financial system is failing the people it's supposed to serve: fixing that is the challenge facing world leaders gathered in Spain's sweltering southern jewel of Sevilla this week, as the UN's 4th International Conference on Financing for Development gets underway. Follow our live Meetings Coverage below; app users can catch all the action from the opening session here and you'll find all related stories on our special dedicated page right here.

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Economic Development
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