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Daily Wrap 25 March 2025

'Fragility and hope' mark new era in Syria amid ongoing violence and aid struggles UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen briefed the Security Council on Tuesday, pointing to the devastating violence on the coast earlier this month, which marked a grim new chapter in Syria's fragile transition to a lasting peace. Read more Peace and Security Migrant deaths in Asia hit record high in 2024, UN data reveals The year 2024 marked the deadliest on record for migrants in Asia, with at least 2,514 lives lost along the region's perilous migration routes, according to new data from the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM). Read more Migrants and Refugees World News in Brief: Alarm over Türkiye detentions, Ukraine update, Sudan-Chad border emergency The UN human rights office (OHCHR) expressed major concern on Tuesday following the detention of at least 92 people by the Turkish authorities over the past week, including Istanbul's mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, who has been charged with corruption and removed from office. Read more Peace and Security Niger: Mosque attack which killed 44 should be 'wake-up call', says rights chief UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned the recent attack on a mosque in Kokorou village, in western Niger, in which at least 44 worshippers were killed and 20 injured. Read more Peace and Security Crimes of the transatlantic slave trade 'unacknowledged, unspoken and unaddressed' The transatlantic slave trade may have ended centuries ago but its legacy is ever present, the UN Secretary-General said on Tuesday, marking the International Day of Remembrance for its victims. Read more Human Rights Aid operations stretched to the limit in Burundi by ongoing DR Congo crisis With thousands fleeing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) across the border into Burundi, aid operations are stretched to the limit, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. Read more Humanitarian Aid Yemen: One in two children severely malnourished after 10 years of war In Yemen, a decade of conflict has proved catastrophic for the country's children living under the threat of airstrikes and staggeringly high malnutrition rates, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday. Read more Humanitarian Aid Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths at risk, UN warns The number of children around the world dying before their fifth birthday stands at a record low – but this achievement is under threat due to a chronic lack of investment in routine humanitarian work and interventions, the head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), said on Tuesday. Read more Health

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