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Tuesday, 29 July 2025

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Secretary-General António Guterres (on screen) speaks at the ministerial meeting ahead of the High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution.
UN chief: Israeli-Palestinian conflict at 'breaking point,' urges push for two-State solution

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday warned that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is "at a breaking point" and headed toward a one-State reality marked by perpetual occupation and inequality, unless the international community takes urgent, irreversible steps to implement the two-State solution.

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Peace and Security
Road traffic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
World News in Brief: Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire, bloody weekend in Ukraine, stop hepatitis deaths

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the ceasefire agreement between Cambodia and Thailand following days of deadly fighting over their mutual border. 

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Peace and Security
As conflict between rival militaries rages on, millions of people keep on being displaced.
Sudan: UN sounds the alarm as health and food crises worsen across the country

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is alarmed by escalating health and food crises across Sudan, notably as cholera cases continue to rise in the locality of Tawila, North Darfur state. 

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Humanitarian Aid
A farmer in Kenya holds a seedling of a new bean variety.
Slight decrease in global hunger as inequalities widen, UN report reveals

An interagency group from the UN released the flagship 2025 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report on Monday, estimating a global, yet uneven, decline in hunger since 2022.

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SDGs
A fragile ceasefire largely holds in Sweida (southern Syria) after deadly violence rocked the region in mid July.
Syria: Fragile ceasefire in Sweida 'largely holding' amid volatility

A fragile de-escalation in Syria's Sweida region is "largely holding" after weeks of violence displaced 175,000 people, killed hundreds and devastated critical infrastructure – exposing deep fissures in the country's political transition.

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Peace and Security
UN peacekeepers patrol in Ituri in northeastern DR Congo. (file)
UN condemns deadly attack on worshippers in DR Congo

The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, MONUSCO, strongly condemned an attack by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) on civilians during the night of 26 to 27 July. 

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Peace and Security
Ministerial meeting ahead of the high-level international conference.
LIVE COVERAGE: High-level conference on two-State solution for Israel and Palestine

Welcome to our live coverage of the high-level international conference at UN Headquarters, aimed at advancing practical steps toward achieving a two-State solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. Mandated by the General Assembly, the three-day meeting features plenaries, working groups and interventions from senior UN officials and Member States. UN News app users can follow here.

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Peace and Security
A view of a statue symbolizing Mankind and Hope, which is part of the decoration of the Trusteeship Council Chamber at UN Headquarters.
While Gaza ceasefire remains elusive, UN readies for conference around Israel-Palestine two-State solution

A world in which a sovereign State of Palestine and Israel co-exist peacefully seems a distant prospect, particularly in light of the 7 October 2023 attacks by Hamas on Israel and the subsequent Israeli bombardment of Gaza. A high-level UN conference opening on 28 July will, nevertheless, serve as the latest UN-backed attempt to find a way to end the conflict. 

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Peace and Security
Women in Gaza desperately seek food.
Amid starvation in Gaza, Sudan, Guterres slams hunger 'as a weapon of war'

As starvation worsens in war-torn Gaza, UN agencies repeated warnings on Monday that Israel's decision to support a "one-week scale-up" of aid is far from enough to reverse deadly malnutrition rates in the enclave. 

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Humanitarian Aid
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