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Daily Wrap 30 July 2025
 

 

 

Foreign Ministers Jean-Noël Barrot (right) of France and Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, the co-chairs of the conference.
With Gaza smouldering, ministers renew push for two-State solution at UN

With Gaza in ruins and the two-State solution in jeopardy, ministers convened at the United Nations this week to jumpstart political momentum toward ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – a crisis Secretary-General António Guterres warned is "at a breaking point."

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Peace and Security
A mother and her children carry their remaining belongings and search for a place to take shelter following flooding in Hiran, Hirshabelle state, Somalia, in 2024. (file)
World News in Brief: Violence in Somalia, cholera in Haiti, tax support for sustainable development

Ongoing violence has displaced more than 100,000 people in two regions of Somalia in the past two months, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday. 

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Humanitarian Aid
A woman holds her malnourished child in a  hospital in Blue Nile state in Sudan.
Sudan gripped by deadly crisis as hunger, disease and heat intensify

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) raised the alarm on Wednesday over the rising toll of hunger, disease and displacement in various conflict-ridden parts of Sudan.

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Humanitarian Aid
Families seek food at a community kitchen in western Gaza City.
Gaza children starving despite Israeli 'tactical pauses', UN says

Despite daily "tactical pauses" declared by Israeli forces, humanitarian conditions in Gaza remain catastrophic, with children starving, aid workers overwhelmed and fuel and water supplies critically low, UN humanitarians reported on Wednesday.

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Peace and Security
Over 600 families who fled their homes because of violence are now living in tents in a former school.
Haitians in 'despair' following abrupt suspension of US humanitarian support

People in Haiti have expressed "despair" following the "abrupt suspension" of a wide range of humanitarian services, according to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, in the Caribbean country.

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Humanitarian Aid
A sign on the Pacific coast of Colombia, shows a tsunami evacuation route.
Tsunami alert highlights worth of global early warning system

Early warning systems kicked in overnight across Pacific coastal communities after a massive earthquake in eastern Russia triggered a sea surge that reached the Japanese coastline around 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) away within about an hour, disaster relief experts said on Wednesday. 

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Climate and Environment
A cholera awareness session is held for young students in Bweremana, in the DR Congo's North Kivu province.
Cholera outbreak in West and Central Africa poses crisis for children

Some 80,000 children are estimated to be at high risk of cholera in West and Central Africa as the rainy season begins across the region, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday. 

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Health
A wide view of the General Assembly. (file photo)
LIVE COVERAGE: Day 3 of high-level conference on two-State solution for Israel and Palestine

Welcome to our live coverage of the third day of 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 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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