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Daily Wrap 24 December 2024
Health volunteers, alongside a UNICEF nutrition specialist, conducting a door-to-door campaign in eastern Sudan. More than 24 million Sudanese are facing high levels of acute food insecurity.
Sudan's worsening famine: Conflict puts millions at risk

Sudan is confronting a widening famine crisis, with widespread starvation, surging acute malnutrition and mass displacement exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation, a UN-backed food security assessment released on Tuesday has found.

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Humanitarian Aid
A scammer's workstation in the Philippines, which displays Chinese text reading 'increasingly prosperous'.
Making the digital and physical world safer: Why the Convention against Cybercrime matters

Billions of people worldwide are set to benefit from enhanced safety online and in the physical world following the adoption of a legally binding treaty on cybercrime by the UN General Assembly.

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Law and Crime Prevention
A wide view of the General Assembly as it considered, for adoption, the UN Convention against Cybercrime.
UN General Assembly adopts milestone cybercrime treaty

The General Assembly on Tuesday adopted the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, a landmark global treaty aimed at strengthening international cooperation to combat cybercrime and protecting societies from digital threats.

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Law and Crime Prevention
A nurse checks a newborn child at a neonatal intensive care unit of a hospital in rural Damascus, Syria. (file)
Syria: UN health agency launches $56.4 million appeal to meet critical needs

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday launched a $56.4 million flash appeal to address urgent health needs in Syria, where years of conflict have cripped the healthcare system.

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Humanitarian Aid
UNRWA worker Louise Wateridge visiting a shelter in Nuseirat, Gaza (Nov 2024)
UN News Champion: 'Are you keeping up with the death?' The grinding toll of war in Gaza

As we near the end of another year of war and humanitarian crisis, UN News is highlighting the extraordinary work of staffers in the field who feed our story-telling efforts for global audiences. Our first UN News Champion is Louise Wateridge of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNWRA. Louise's reporting and communications expertise has enriched our coverage and demonstrated why the UN matters to millions of beneficiaries around the world.

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Peace and Security
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