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Daily Wrap 28 May 2025
Massive mounds of waste are resulting in spread of disease in Gaza. (file photo)
Gaza: Top UN envoy calls on Israel to end devastating strikes, starvation of civilians

Gaza's population is being "starved and denied the very basics," while the region stands at a dangerous crossroads, the UN's Middle East peace envoy warned the Security Council Wednesday, urging immediate action to halt the violence, restore aid and advance a two-State solution before time runs out.

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Peace and Security
In this 2020 photograph, a woman doctor in full protective gear is seen alongside volunteer nurses who cared for COVID-19 patients at a community hospital in the Philippines.
Pandemics to pollution: WHO Assembly delivers landmark health decisions

The 78th World Health Assembly concluded Tuesday in Geneva, marking several major milestones in global health. Delegates adopted the world's first pandemic agreement and approved a significant boost in core funding for the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Health
MSF Cholera Clinic, Minaa El Bari, Sudan (file Aug 2024)
Sudan war exacerbates risk of cholera and malaria: UNICEF

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned of an escalating public health crisis in Sudan, as conflict and mass displacement continue to drive a surge in disease, particularly cholera and malaria.

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Health
A commercial flight at Sana'a airport in Yemen. (file)
Yemen: UN warns against Houthi-Israel escalation, calls for dialogue

The United Nations has called for restraint following another wave of escalation between Houthi rebels in Yemen and Israeli forces. 

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Peace and Security
President Nelson Mandela addresses the 49th session of the General Assembly October 1994.
UN awards 2025 Mandela Prize to Brenda Reynolds and Kennedy Odede

An Indigenous social worker from Canada and a social entrepreneur from Kenya are the laureates of the 2025 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize, the United Nations announced on Wednesday.

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UN Affairs
A destroyed school in Posad-Pokrovske, Kherson region, Ukraine. (file)
'My husband died in my arms': Russian drone attacks on Ukrainians amount to crimes against humanity, UN investigators report

Russian drone attacks against civilians in the Kherson region of Ukraine constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes, independent UN-appointed human rights investigators concluded in a new report published on Wednesday. 

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Human Rights
2024 UN Woman Police Officer of the Year Award, Chief Superintendent of Police Zainab Gbla (left) and  2024 UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award, Squadron Leader Sharon Mwinsote Syme.
'We are women like you': UN honours peacekeepers for work in gender empowerment

In early summer 2024, Squadron Leader Sharon Mwinsote Syme of Ghana ventured into sector North of Abyei, a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan where she was deployed as a military gender advocate with the UN Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA).

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UN Affairs
Organized crime gangs are operating in the Golden Triangle where Myanmar, Thailand and Laos converge.
Exponential rise in synthetic drug production and trafficking in the Golden Triangle

The Golden Triangle – the remote, jungle-covered border region where Thailand, Myanmar, and the Lao People's Democratic Republic meet – has seen an exponential surge in the illicit manufacture and trafficking of synthetic drugs.

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Law and Crime Prevention
The search for food is a daily struggle in Gaza.
UN aid teams plead for access amid reports Gazans shot collecting food

In Gaza, dozens of Palestinians have been reportedly injured and shot trying to collect aid from the new US and Israeli-backed aid distribution facility operating independently of the UN.

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Peace and Security
Glaciers are retreating due to climate change including in Chile (pictured).
Climate change: World likely to breach 1.5°C limit in next five years

Fact: 2024 was the warmest year on record – but the heat is far from over. A new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns that global temperatures will likely continue rising, with an 80 per cent chance that at least one year between now and 2029 will be even hotter.

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Climate and Environment
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