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| Week in Review | 25 January 2025 | | | | | |
| Catch up on this week's must-read stories | | We've had a strong week of news-making interviews; highlighting the uptick in civilian deaths and injuries across the occupied West Bank, the growing threat to eastern DR Congo's key city of Goma and the surge in aid from UN agencies across Gaza following the watershed ceasefire agreement which came into effect on Sunday. Hard-hitting and insightful analysis from senior UN staffers in the field such as UNRWA's Juliette Touma and OHCHR's Ajith Sunghay help us push back against disinformation and bring you the real story on the ground in the world war zones and climate crisis hubs. The week began with a major change in US policy towards some key multilateral institutions and agreements: the new Trump administration's decision to withdraw from both the Paris Agreement and the World Health Organization. We explained why the WHO matters and brought you more blow-by-blow live coverage of key Security Council meetings. The International Criminal Court's prosecutor took the fight for human rights to the Taliban in Afghanistan, on behalf of women and girls – and our correspondent in Geneva travelled to 19th century New York to hear from the star of a new movie 'Cabrini', which tells the inspiring story of how Italian immigrants overcame discrimination and bigotry in their new homeland. | | | | | | | | |
| West Bank: OHCHR deeply concerned over uptick in violence against children | | The UN human rights office, OHCHR, warned on Thursday that children are not being spared from escalating Israeli military operations in the West Bank. In the last few days, Israeli security forces have surrounded Jenin camp – targeting militants – using drones, Apache helicopters, fighter jets, and aerial bombing tactics, according to OHCHR's top official in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Ajith Sunghay. Children both from the West Bank and Gaza want to return to school – and are extremely affected by "the pains of the occupation and war". In an interview with UN News, Mr. Sunghay, told Daniel Johnson that children in Gaza have already gone through "massive trauma" and that it will take years for them "to go back to some sense of normalcy". | | Read more | | | | | | UNRWA 'committed to staying and delivering' despite ban due to come into effect | | In a matter of days, UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees may be forced to end its crucial, life-saving operations in Gaza and The West Bank. Legislation passed by the Israeli Government, due to come into effect at the end of the month, would make it impossible for UNRWA to continue operating in the occupied Palestinian territories. Juliette Touma, the UNRWA Director of Communications, told Conor Lennon from UN News that despite the threat hanging over the agency, her colleagues on the ground remain dedicated to providing essential services in both Gaza and the West Bank. | | Read more | | | | | | What is the World Health Organization and why does it matter? | | When the plague, cholera and yellow fever rippled deadly waves across a newly industrialised and interconnected world in the mid-19th century, taking a global approach to health became an imperative. Doctors, scientists, presidents and prime ministers urgently convened the International Sanitary Conference in Paris in 1851, a precursor to what is now the largest of its kind: the World Health Organization, known as WHO. | | Read more | | | | | | | | | |
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