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Amid growing humanitarian challenges in Yemen, the Nutrition Cluster continues to rally efforts to maintain and deliver essential nutrition services in the face of shrinking funding, access...

Bangui, le 21 juin 2025 – La Représentante spéciale du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies pour la République centrafricaine et Cheffe de la Mission multidimensionnelle intégrée des Nations Unies...

Istanbul, Türkiye, 21 June 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have signed a groundbreaking three-year Plan of Action that will...

Bangui, 21 June 2025 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Central African Republic and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization...

GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is joining the UN Secretary-General and other leaders in appealing for an urgent de-escalation in the dangerously spiralling conflict between Israel and Iran...

Berlin, 20 June 2025 1. On June 20, 2025, the International Follow-up Committee on Libya, co-chaired by SRSG and Head of UNSMIL, Hanna Tetteh, and Ambassador Christian Buck, convened at Senior...

Since late May, more than 400 Palestinians have reportedly been killed at food distribution points while trying to access humanitarian assistance in Gaza. Most deaths have occurred near sites...

Today, on World Refugee Day (June 20), we stand in solidarity with more than 122 million people around the world who have been forced to flee their homes – the highest number ever recorded. For many,...

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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...