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Daily Wrap 5 June 2025
People who have taken refuge in school run by the UN agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza are struggling to survive as they lack access to basic humanitarian needs.
In Gaza, daily food intake has fallen well below 'survival' level

The lack of food entering Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid restrictions is leaving increasing numbers of Palestinians "vulnerable to starvation", with daily energy intake now well below what a human body needs to survive, the UN warned on Thursday.

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Peace and Security
Veronika, 4, stands near a sign that reads "Danger of Mines". Chistovodivka, Kharkiv region, Ukraine (file, May 2025)
'It is an elephant': Ukraine's unexploded mine problem

In Ukraine, overnight attacks continued into Thursday morning, resulting in 45 casualties and significant damage to civilian infrastructure, the UN has reported. 

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Peace and Security
Destroyed buildings in Harasta, Ghouta. A suburb of Damascus, Ghouta was the site of a deadly chemical weapons attack in August 2013.
UN hails new era of cooperation over Syria's chemical weapons stockpile – but concerns persist

The UN's top disarmament official has welcomed signs of increased cooperation from Syria's interim authorities in efforts to eliminate the country's chemical weapons once and for all, as preparations move forward for a third round of inspections by international experts.

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Peace and Security
A woman living with HIV takes antiretroviral medication at home in Khatlon, Tajikistan.
AIDS still killing one person every minute as funding cuts stall progress

AIDS-related deaths have dropped to their lowest level since 2004, but progress remains precarious, with the disease still claiming one life every minute. The impact of funding cuts is severe, causing widespread disruption to HIV services and threatening hard-won gains. 

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Health
Women in Sudan are at increasing risk of sexual violence.
World News in Brief: Women's health in Sudan, childhood wasting, Belarus trade unions, Guatemala child rights violation

As hostilities rage in Sudan, access constraints and devastating funding cuts are isolating rape survivors and pregnant women from essential health services, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency UNFPA said on Thursday. 

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Health
Plastic pollution poses a global threat, devastating ecosystems on land and in water
From summits to street art to schools: Here's how we're marking World Environment Day

5 June marks the 52nd World Environment Day, led by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and hosted by Jeju, South Korea, under the theme #BeatPlasticPollution. 

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Climate and Environment
A resident of the Tulkarm refugee camp in the West Bank shows damage to a building. (April 2024)
UN chief urges world leaders to keep two-State solution 'alive'

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday urged world leaders to revive efforts toward a two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, warning that there is no alternative.

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Peace and Security
A shredded UN flag flies over a destroyed school building in Khan Younis, Gaza
Number of aid workers killed in Gaza conflict, highest in UN history: Guterres

The United Nations paid tribute on Thursday to the 168 staff members who lost their lives in 2024. They include 126 personnel killed in Gaza, all but one of whom served with the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA. 

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