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4 November 2024

UNRWA personnel provide medical services to people in need in Gaza.

Aid restrictions and dismantling UNRWA will compound Gazans' suffering

Aid entering Gaza reached a new low in October, the head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA said on Monday, highlighting the continued need for its lifesaving work even as Israel moves to end its activities.

Humanitarian Aid

Ulrika Richardson, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti.

'Haitians want to be able to live, not just survive' says UN Humanitarian Coordinator

"Haitians want to be able to live, not just survive," according to the UN's most senior humanitarian official in the Caribbean Island nation.

Peace and Security

Power-generating windmills line the hills of Quang Tri Province, Viet Nam.

Green energy shift must also bring prosperity and equality: UN deputy chief

The international community must ensure that the global shift from fossil fuels to clean energy is equitable, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on Monday in New York.

Climate and Environment

The suburbs of Beirut have been heavily targeted by airstrikes.

Lebanon: UN condemns increasing loss of life and civilian suffering

The increasing impact of fighting between Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and militants from Hezbollah on Lebanese civilians "is of grave concern", said UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric on Monday, condemning the mounting loss of life.

Peace and Security

Mangrove shoots being planted on Tarawa, an atoll in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati to protect against coastal erosion.

Carbon markets could boost climate action in least developed countries

While carbon markets have played a limited role in boosting sustainable development for the world's least developed economies, a new report from UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) shows that stronger domestic laws, regulations, and monitoring could pay big dividends.

Economic Development

A wide view of the Security Council meeting on non-proliferation and Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

DPR Korea's latest missile launch a 'grave threat' to regional stability

The launch of "yet another" intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) poses a "grave threat" to regional stability, a senior UN political affairs official warned on Monday, as the Security Council discussed the rising tensions in the region and beyond.

Peace and Security

A polio vaccine campaign began in Gaza in September 2024.

Gaza: Polio campaign reaches 94,000 children in besieged north

The UN-supported polio vaccine campaign concluded in besieged northern Gaza on Monday, with agencies inoculating 94,000 children, but thousands still remain out of reach.

Peace and Security

Al Fasher hospital in Darfur following artillery strikes in October. Aid teams have warned that medical facilities in conflict areas are overwhelmed and continue to be attacked.

First famine, now cholera and dengue fever surge hits war-torn Sudan

War in Sudan has devastated towns and cities across the country and pushed the healthcare system to collapse, just as cases of cholera and dengue fever are surging and hunger levels remain "above the famine threshold", humanitarians have warned.

Humanitarian Aid