Updates

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Tehran, 20 June 2025 – The continued escalation of hostilities in Iran poses a grave threat to the lives and well-being of millions of children. Over the past six days, airstrikes have hit at least...

Delivered by Mary Wareham, Deputy Director Thank you, Compliance with the Mine Ban Treaty’s provision requiring the destruction of stockpiled antipersonnel mines has generally been excellent though...

Delivered by Mary Wareham, Deputy Director Thank you President, Over the past 26 years since the Mine Ban Treaty entered into force, compliance with its core provisions has generally been impressive...

Kinshasa, 20/06/2025 – Monsieur Antiono Capone, Chef de la coopération et Chargé d’affaires a.i. de l’Union européenne en République démocratique du Congo (DUE) et Mme Safia Ibrahim, Directrice de...

La violence sexuelle a été documentée dans plus de 51 conflits armés à travers le monde. Alors que les conflits s’étendent, les violences sexuelles se multiplient – non seulement comme conséquence...

Sexual violence has been recorded in over 51 armed conflicts around the world. As armed conflict expands, sexual violence is also on the rise – and is not only as a by-product of war but is...

Khan Younis – June 18, 2025 The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has started operating its Al-Mawasi Field Hospital, located west of Khan Younis city, to provide emergency medical services to...

HUMANITARIAN OVERVIEW Since the beginning of the conflict in Sudan on 15 April 2023, and as of 15 June 2025, the Chadian government, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), and the...

Since October 7, 2023, the West Bank has been drawn deeper into the crisis unfolding across Palestine. Israel has imposed an increasingly severe military lockdown, effectively cutting off Palestinian...

New York, 20 June 2025 As delivered Thank you, Madam President. I welcome the opportunity to brief the Council on Ukraine today along with Assistant-Secretary-General Jenča. Since OCHA briefed the...

The Women’s Refugee Commission, Global Refugee Youth Network, and Hopes and Actions Foundation proudly launch a new report, “Futures on Hold: How War and Displacement Are Impacting Young Sudanese...

HI et ses partenaires distribuent des bracelets d’identification aux familles pour réduire le risque de séparation pendant les déplacements forcés. Le chaos à Gaza Avec plus de 90 % des 2,3 millions...

HI in coordination with the Child Protection Cluster and with support from UNICEF, distribute ID bracelet to families to reduce the risk of family separation during displacement. Chaos in Gaza With...

The Shyrokivska community in Mykolaiv Oblast has significantly suffered due to the war. The shelling has been so intense that hardly any buildings are left intact in the administrative centre. Much...

Djadah and Haleema fled the violence in their country. Their sadly similar journeys testify to the terrible violence suffered by the people of Sudan. Since April 2023, Sudan has been torn apart by a...

CIFRAS CLAVE 123K personas sin electricidad al tocar tierra el huracán Erick en México 3,8K incidentes de violencia basada en género registrados entre enero y mayo en Haití 40,8K personas afectadas...

KEY FIGURES 123K people left without power as Hurricane Erick makes landfall in Mexico 3.8K gender-based violence incidents recorded between January and May in Haiti 40.8K people affected by severe...

ACLED data show that, for now, the exchange of fire between Iran and Israel has had little impact on Israeli operations in Gaza and the West Bank. During the first four days of the open conflict...

Seasonal and subseasonal models continue to indicate a generally wet summer across the Sahel, southern Sahara, northeastern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Indo-Pakistan border, with...