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Daily Wrap 21 June 2024

'World cannot afford Lebanon to become another Gaza': Guterres The UN Secretary-General on Friday voiced profound concern over escalating violence and "bellicose rhetoric" between Israel and Hezbollah militants across the frontier with Lebanon, warning that one false move could trigger a catastrophe for the whole region and beyond. Read more Peace and Security Record levels of displacement amid global conflict and natural disasters There are twice as many internally displaced people today as there were ten years ago - the largest numbers ever recorded, said Special Advisor on Solutions to Internal Displacement Robert Piper, on Friday.   Read more Migrants and Refugees World News in Brief: UNHCR rushes support to Rohingyas, end 'normalisation' of prostitution, Zambia's devastating drought Deadly monsoon landslides in southern Bangladesh have destroyed over 1,200 shelters and displaced around 2,000 ethnic Rohingya from neighbouring Myanmar who need urgent assistance, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has said. Read more Humanitarian Aid Officials highlight massive poverty, humanitarian despair in Afghanistan The humanitarian needs in Afghanistan are "alarmingly high" and the international community is in "crisis management mode", the UN Security Council heard on Friday. Read more Peace and Security Gaza is more than two million stories of loss: UN agencies Gaza is "a world of devastation" and still in the grip of war after nearly nine months of conflict, UN humanitarians just back from the enclave reported on Friday, as they described widespread destruction and stories of pregnant mothers forced to request preterm C-sections out of desperation and fear. Read more Peace and Security

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