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Daily Wrap 18 July 2025

Syria crisis: Hundreds killed in ongoing violence, hospitals overwhelmed Amid violent clashes in southern Syria's Suweida governorate, a picture of grave human rights abuses and rising humanitarian needs is emerging by the hour, the UN said on Friday. Read more Peace and Security World News in Brief: Violence in Haiti, rising insecurity in DR Congo, expert panel on nuclear war The UN humanitarian affairs office OCHA is stressing the need to scale up support for displaced families in Haiti amid ongoing insecurity and violence.  Read more Humanitarian Aid Humanitarians report more deaths, displacement and desperation in Gaza The continued onslaught and mass deprivation of people in the Gaza Strip is becoming normalised, the UN aid coordination office OCHA warned on Friday. Read more Humanitarian Aid UN80 initiative should be 'inclusive and transparent', recognises General Assembly The General Assembly on Friday adopted by consensus a resolution on the Secretary‑General's UN80 Initiative to strengthen and streamline the United Nations system.  Read more UN Affairs Mandela's legacy 'is now our responsibility', Guterres says on International Day In honour of Nelson Mandela International Day on Friday, the United Nations is celebrating with a public service activity, a chamber music concert and a General Assembly meeting, where Secretary-General António Guterres presented the 2025 Mandela Prize.    Read more UN Affairs UN envoy urges Colombia to 'stay the course' as peace faces new strains Colombia has changed profoundly since the 2016 peace deal, but uneven state presence, lingering armed groups and mounting political tensions threaten to erode confidence unless implementation accelerates, the top UN envoy for the country said on Friday. Read more Peace and Security 'You have to be able to rule your life': The care revolution in Latin America Globally, there are 12.5 billion hours of work that the world never pays for because it barely even sees these duties.   Read more Women On the road in war-torn Gaza Mohammed Saad sits with others inside a homemade cart pulled by a car carrying several passengers, waiting to travel to Gaza City in one of the "uncomfortable and extremely expensive" means of transportation used to get around the Strip. Read more Peace and Security Aid cuts leave refugee agency unable to shelter six in 10 fleeing war in Sudan Major cuts to aid budgets have already left people fleeing wars in Sudan and beyond without the assistance and protection they need, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday. Read more Peace and Security As war rages on in Ukraine, organised crime is taking new forms Almost four years after Russia's full-scale invasion, criminal groups in Ukraine are adapting their business models amid displacement, rising trafficking risks and an increased demand for synthetic drugs, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a report published on Friday.  Read more Law and Crime Prevention

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