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Daily Wrap 6 February 2025

Guterres appeals for mediation to end crisis in eastern DR Congo Now is the time to end the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday in a briefing to journalists in New York.  Read more Peace and Security Iraq: How the world helped Mosul rise from the rubble of war Terrorist fighters with ISIL/Da'esh invaded Iraq's second city of Mosul in 2014, destroying centuries-old landmarks in a bid to erase its history and impose a bleak and repressive future on the nearly two million people who lived there. Read more Culture and Education 'She had a syringe, razor blade, and bandages': Surviving genital mutilation Some 230 million girls in more than 90 countries – predominantly in Africa and Asia – have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) and can suffer lifelong physical, emotional and psychological scars, an issue that the UN's sexual and reproductive health agency has been tackling with the support of the international community including the United States. Read more Health Gaza: UN health agency urges rapid scale-up of medevacs as thousands remain in critical condition More than 12,000 critically ill and injured patients, including at least 5,000 children, urgently need to be evacuated from Gaza, amid the crumbling health system, the UN World Health Organization (WHO)'s top official in the region said on Thursday. Read more Peace and Security 'Step Up the Pace' and end female genital mutilation, UN says As the world marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation on Thursday, the United Nations is warning that without urgent action, a staggering 27 million more girls could undergo the procedure by 2030. Read more Health Sudan: Top aid official warns against escalating violence in two states South Kordofan and Blue Nile states in Sudan are on the brink of catastrophe as violence continues to escalate at an alarming rate, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country said on Thursday in a statement.  Read more Humanitarian Aid Syria: Assad's armed forces must face accountability, says rights probe Widespread pillaging and the destruction of property in Syria by all parties to the conflict have largely gone unpunished and likely amount to war crimes, top independent rights investigators reporting to the Human Rights Council maintained on Thursday. Read more Human Rights Toxic air threatens children's lives across East Asia and the Pacific, UNICEF warns More than 100 children under the age of five die every day in East Asia and the Pacific due to air pollution, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned in a new analysis released on Thursday, calling for urgent action to tackle the crisis. Read more Health It's official: January was the warmest on record The world has just experienced the hottest January ever recorded, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday, citing data crunched by UN partner the Copernicus Climate Service Read more Climate and Environment Gaza: 10,000 aid trucks reached enclave since ceasefire began The humanitarian community's plan to flood Gaza with lifesaving aid passed an important milestone on Thursday with the news that more than 10,000 relief lorries have entered the enclave since the ceasefire began on 19 January. Read more Humanitarian Aid Reusable rockets, air taxis and 'autonomous autos' are the future: WIPO Air taxis, "autonomous autos" and reusable rockets are just some of the future transport solutions that inventors all over the world are striving to make a reality, while patents for combustion engines are "flatlining", the UN intellectual property agency (WIPO) said on Thursday. Read more Economic Development

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