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Myanmar’s spiral into poverty: UNDPOn World Sight Day, cheap reading glasses still out of reach: WHO 235,000 Gazans living hundreds of flood-prone sites 

Two in three child migrants travel alone to EuropeEbola alert: WHO chief voices solidarity with Kenya and Uganda after patient dies in NairobiYemen health funding facing critical shortages warns WHO

“Nothing can justify” 7 October attacks: GuterresIn Pakistan, UN chief calls for end to US-Iran war Ebola robs children of the people they depend on: UNICEF

Sudan: Driver killed in aerial attack on clearly marked aid trucks in South Kordofan3.4 billion people across the globe lack adequate housing, which the UN calls a critical human right UN urges better social protection schemes in Asia and the Pacific as extreme weather intensifies 

Haiti emergency: Extortion, gang violence and hunger prevail, warns UN rights chief – OHCHRUkraine war threatens even greater regional disaster and must end: TürkGaza: WHO appeals for massive aid influx before winter sets in

Ebola transit centre set ablaze in DR Congo camp: OCHA Ukraine winterization needs expected to intensify: WHOMarshall Islands nuclear legacy in Human Rights Council spotlight: OHCHR

UN refugee agency raises concern over Myanmar returns from Malaysia Lebanon: one in five children goes to bed hungry, says UNICEF New alcohol policy gives booze the boot in Latvia - WHO 

Worsening clashes in DR Congo hamper Ebola emergency response; WHO Harsh reality of everyday life on Ukraine’s frontline: OCHAYemen escalation fuels fears of cholera, measles spread: WHO 

Worsening clashes in DR Congo hamper Ebola emergency response Funding shortages threaten clean water access in Zaatari refugee camp UNICEFForest and landscape restoration vital to resist development shocks

Yemen violence deepens concerns over child hunger crisis: UNICEFSudan aid support hindered by lack of funding: FAOSouth Hebron demolitions heighten ethnic cleansing fears: OHCHR

Yemen: deepening conflict and appalling impact on civilians; OHCHRGaza’s economic collapse has wiped out decades of development: UNCTADColombia’s new drug laws risk deepening discrimination: Human Rights Council

DRC Ebola deaths well over 3,700, young children at most risk Hunger and malnutrition fears in Somalia: WFPForced sterilisation of Indigenous people called out: Human Rights Council

Guterres calls for a UN strong enough to build world as it should be 130,000 now displaced by Yemen violence UNHCRNicaragua: democracy ‘dismantled’, political opponents disappeared: OHCHR

Ebola vaccine trial gets under way in DR Congo Venezuela: repressive apparatus ‘has remained entirely intact’ ‘Nowhere is safe’ in Russia, independent rights expert insists

Yemen escalation continues to force thousands from homes: agenciesSexual violence by Russian forces is widespread against Ukraine prisoners: OHCHR monitors Sudan emergency relief pipeline will run out in less than two weeks - IOM 

Yemen escalation forces 57,000 children from homes: UNICEF The world must wake up to water cycle changes: WMO‘Entire’ human rights treaty body system risks crumbling, UN warns

SG’s report on reprisals against human rights activists covers 32 countriesStop attacking merchant ships and seafarers, says IMO chiefFamilies feared buried in Gaza building collapse: OCHAAI’s role in ‘denialism’ trend must be countered by truth, says rights expert: HRC63 

DR Congo: Ebola outbreak still needs massive funding boost to contain deadly spread – OCHA, WHOSuper El Niño already causing more misery in South Sudan: WFPBelarus criminal justice system weaponized to crush dissent, says Human Rights Council

‘Alarming increase’ in enforced disappearances, warns GuterresSouth Sudan: UNICEF reaches communities in Jonglei State cut off by warGaza: Another strike on UNRWA school sheltering displaced families

Gains in tackling HIV/AIDS are being held back because people’s human rights are being ignored, warns UNAIDS5.5 billion people have internet access in 2024, says UN’s telecoms agencyWages are recovering after negative shift in 2022, reports UN International Labour Organization

Parts of North Gaza have been under siege for more than 50 days: UNRWALebanon ceasefire deal: displaced communities start to return homeInternational Criminal Court Prosecutor seeks arrest of Myanmar’s top general

UN rights chief pushes for Lebanon ceasefire deal – OHCHRSudan: first WFP food trucks reach Zamzam famine campFAO warns over extremely critical hunger in strife-hit DRC

One woman killed every 10 minutes by their intimate partners or other family members #NoExcuse: UN Women, UNODCUN’s Tedros alert over stricken Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza: WHOTalks begin in Busan to clinch a deal on plastics pollution: UNEP

Deadliest year for humanitarian workers, says UN emergency relief chiefLebanon: UN peacekeeping force reports rocket strike injuriesCOP29: Wealthy nations mull $250 billion climate finance assistance deal

Acute hunger stalks one in four people in DR Congo, warn UN humanitariansCOP29 countdown: Failure on climate finance ‘not an option’, says GuterresMiddle East update: ICC arrest warrant for Israeli PM

In the 2050s, eight times as many children globally will be exposed to heatwaves – UNICEFSudan: Rape and criminality stalk communities uprooted by warGaza: US delegation vetoes new Security Council draft resolution

Lebanon war: ‘Renewed intensity’ of exchanges of fire across Blue Line, warns UNIFILGaza: UN health agency alert for stricken hospital in besieged northHong Kong sentencing of pro-democracy activists in UN rights office spotlight

At least 16 children killed or injured in Ukraine every week: UNICEFGaza: Condemnation for deadly strike on apartment blockLebanon crisis: Culture experts meet in call for stronger safeguards: UNESCO

1,000 days into Ukraine war, winter poses critical challenge for millionsIn Gaza: aid deliveries have reached a ‘low point’, displacement soaring: OCHAAt COP29 climate talks, governments, industry must stop ‘lip-service’ to methane: UNEP

COP29 news: UN’s Guterres appeals for ‘robust’ net zero plansTorture is never justified, says UN human rights chiefIn Gaza: aid is still blocked from reaching desperate communities in the north: OCHA

#COP29 renewable energy transition must not be a ‘stampede of greed’, warns UN chiefLebanon’s displaced are exhausted and face constant danger: UNHCRGaza: Markets are ‘in decay’, warn WFP, OCHA

Dead bodies lie in northern Gaza’s streets and people beg for bread: UNRWACOP29 update: Time is not on our side to save planet from climate crisis, says UN chiefUkraine braces for grim winter with power shortages a daily reality, says UNHCR

COP29: UN envoy calls for countries to agree on new climate financing dealLebanon’s food insecurity ‘set to worsen’ amid ongoing conflict: WFPSouth Sudan election delay offers time for democracy to take root: top UN official

Sudan’s displaced have endured ‘unimaginable suffering, brutal atrocities’: UNHCRUN’s rights chief Volker Türk demands justice for violations in Gaza and IsraelClimate crisis: Samoa is facing a plastic tide, warns top rights expert

Ukraine nuclear security situation ‘highly challenging’ warns UN atomic watchdog chiefMyanmar’s Rakhine state is ‘a famine in the making’: UNDPCountries pledge to tackle childhood violence affecting one billion youngsters: WHO

The war in Lebanon has reached a ‘critical point’ with more than 3,000 confirmed dead: OCHAIn Gaza, specialist newborn care has been decimated, warns UNICEFRise in Afghan opium production reflects hardships, despite Taliban ban: UNODC

Gaza’s polio vaccination campaign in north nears targetMore than two billion people in cities face 0.5C rise warns UN HabitatWHO publishes first list of ‘top pathogens’ requiring new vaccines

First famine, now cholera and dengue fever surge hits war-torn SudanGaza: polio vaccination successes achieved despite deadly weekend airstrikesWest Bank: mobile health clinics provide a lifeline, says UNFPA

Gaza: polio vaccination campaign to resume in shattered north UNRWALebanon war sees 50,000 displaced in a matter of days UNOCHAMpox update from WHO for DR Congo and region

‘Catastrophic’ hunger persists in multiple countries, warn food agenciesIn Lebanon, aid teams tackle obstacles faced by pregnant women impacted by warSudan: nearly 120,000 displaced by conflict in Al-Jazirah state