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Daily Wrap 14 May 2025

8 million teens in world's wealthiest countries functionally illiterate: UNICEF Children in many of the world's wealthiest countries saw marked declines in their academic performance, mental wellbeing, and physical health as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report published by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday. Read more Culture and Education Funding cuts in Afghanistan mean 'lives lost and lives less lived' In a remote village clinic in the Bamyan Province in Afghanistan last week, a group of teenage girls were given potentially life-saving reproductive health advice, excited by the small kit of menstrual supplies they had been given. Read more Health 'Politically unacceptable, morally repugnant': UN chief calls for global ban on 'killer robots' UN Secretary-General António Guterres has once again called for a global ban on lethal autonomous weapon systems – machines capable of taking human lives without human oversight – describing them as "politically unacceptable" and "morally repugnant." Read more Law and Crime Prevention UN aid office denounces attacks on Gaza hospital The UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, underlined the need to protect civilians and healthcare facilities in the Gaza Strip in a renewed appeal on Wednesday.  Read more Humanitarian Aid In Berlin, broad backing for UN peacekeeping as global threats mount More than 130 countries and international partners threw their weight behind UN peacekeeping at a high-level ministerial summit in Berlin on Wednesday, pledging military, tech and political support. Read more Peace and Security US-Houthi ceasefire 'a welcome opportunity' to advance peace efforts in Yemen The ceasefire between the United States and Houthi rebels in Yemen provides an opportunity to revitalize the peace process in the Middle Eastern country, the UN Security Council heard on Wednesday.  Read more Peace and Security World News in Brief: Sudan refugees, aid for Syrian returnees, MERS alert in Saudi Arabia, Venezuela urged to end secret detentions More than 40,000 Sudanese have fled to eastern Chad in the past month to escape intensifying violence in Darfur. Read more Migrants and Refugees

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