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Daily Wrap 26 February 2025

Conflict has turned parts of Sudan 'into a hellscape,' Security Council hears A senior UN aid official has called on the Security Council to ensure better protection for civilians in Sudan together with unhindered humanitarian access, as the brutal war between rival militaries approaches a second year.  Read more Peace and Security New report flags severity of US funding cuts to global AIDS response Shuttered clinics and health workers laid off around the world reflect the widespread, negative toll the United States funding freeze is taking on the global AIDS response, according to a new situation report released on Wednesday by the UN agency charged with responding to the disease. Read more Health Syria: UN scales up aid deliveries as regional fighting continues UN humanitarians on Wednesday reported a scaling up of humanitarian aid into northwest Syria, even as hostilities continue to impact civilians and limit access in different parts of the country. Read more Humanitarian Aid Human Rights Council: Gaza ceasefire must hold, Türk insists UN human rights chief Volker Türk issued a strong appeal on Wednesday for the fragile ceasefire in Gaza to hold, amid delays to talks between Hamas and Israel on extending the truce into the second phase. Read more Human Rights Sudan war: Any peace deal must respect national sovereignty, UN envoy says As the war in Sudan approaches a second year, the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for the country has emphasized the need to re-double and coordinate efforts towards a peace agreement that respects national sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity – and ending the world's largest humanitarian crisis.  Read more Peace and Security Greatest threat to UN Peacekeeping is divisions between nations, says UN Peace Operations Chief Peacekeeping efforts by the United Nations are being challenged by growing disunity between Member States, the UN head of Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix said in an interview with UN News, during the Conference for Women Peacekeepers in New Delhi. Read more Peace and Security Somalia faces escalating crisis amid drought, conflict and price hikes The humanitarian situation in Somalia is worsening as drought, conflict and soaring food prices push millions toward extreme hunger, UN agencies warned on Wednesday. Read more Humanitarian Aid West Bank security situation remains alarming, warn UN aid agencies Weeks of deadly Israeli military raids in the occupied West Bank have turned Palestinian communities into "battlefields" and left 40,000 people homeless, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday. Read more Peace and Security

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