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Daily Wrap 10 January 2025
2024 has been confirmed as the hottest year on record.
Confirmed: 2024 was the hottest year on record, says UN weather agency

UN weather experts from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed on Friday that 2024 was the hottest year on record, at 1.55 degrees Celsius (C) above pre-industrial temperatures.

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Climate and Environment
A family in Gaza receives a box of food. (file)
Critical aid blocked in Gaza, as fuel shortages threaten lifesaving services

Israeli authorities continue to deny UN-led efforts to reach North Gaza with lifesaving aid, including the most recent attempt on Friday, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).  

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Humanitarian Aid
Families arriving at a reception centre in Ar-Raqqa city, Syria, on 4 December 2024
Syria has real opportunity to 'move from the darkness to the light'

Syrians have high expectations for their country, and a strong desire for people from across the social spectrum to come together and forge a new constitution, which must begin with an inclusive "national dialogue".

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Peace and Security
Health workers screen children and pregnant women for malnutrition at a shelter for displaced families in Gedaref state, Sudan.
World News in Brief: Famine spreads in Sudan, deadly attack in Myanmar, Venezuela update

Lifesaving efforts by UN humanitarians and partners to distribute food and agricultural aid in Sudan last year reached millions, agencies reported on Friday – but needs are only growing. 

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Humanitarian Aid
The International Criminal Court is based in The Hague, Netherlands.
US: Rights experts urge Senate to reject bill sanctioning the International Criminal Court

Three experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council on Friday urged the United States Senate to oppose a bill seeking to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), and cut funding to the UN-backed tribunal, in response to its arrest warrants against Israeli leaders. 

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Human Rights
Young adults check social media in North Macedonia.
It's not censorship to stop hateful online content, insists UN rights chief

Social media posts inciting hate and division have "real world consequences" and there is a responsibility to regulate content, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, insisted on Friday, following Meta's decision to end its fact-checking programme in the United States.

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Human Rights
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