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Daily Wrap 27 January 2025

Darfur: ICC Prosecutor urges immediate action to address atrocities The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday called on the UN Security Council to act decisively to address the worsening atrocities in Sudan's Darfur region. Read more Peace and Security DR Congo: Battle for Goma continues as 'volatile' crisis unfolds As fighting intensifies between the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group and Congolese forces, UN chief of Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix underscored the critical state of the battle for eastern DRC's regional capital Goma, describing the crisis as "volatile and dangerous". Read more Peace and Security Guterres calls on US to exempt development and humanitarian funds from aid 'pause' The UN Secretary-General on Monday called on the US Government to consider "additional exemptions" to a directive which pauses nearly all foreign aid for 90 days. Read more Humanitarian Aid 'Hold fast to our common humanity': UN marks 80 years since death camps were liberated Hate continues to grow at an alarming speed, and the world must do more to fight growing antisemitism the UN Secretary-General said on Monday, honouring the victims of the Holocaust and those who survived the Nazi death camps. Read more Human Rights Syria: Rights probe reveals systematic torture and detention of Assad regime A report from UN human rights investigators for Syria released on Monday has laid bare the systematic use of arbitrary detention, torture and enforced disappearances by the deposed Assad regime. Read more Peace and Security

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