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Daily Wrap 13 October 2025

UN releases $11 million for Gaza aid as ceasefire, hostage release bring 'fragile hope' The UN is stepping up its emergency response in Gaza, releasing $11 million from its Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to meet urgent needs before winter – a move that underscores both the expanding humanitarian effort and the funding shortfall threatening to stall it. Read more Peace and Security Deputy UN chief pays tribute to Beijing's key role in advancing women's rights UN Deputy-Secretary General Amina Mohammed has acknowledged the Chinese capital's enduring association with the fight for women's rights and gender equality, 30 years on from the adoption of the landmark Beijing Declaration, a foundational international treaty. Read more Women World News in Brief: Record hunger in Haiti, repeated attacks in Sudan's El Fasher condemned, Maldives medical milestone As the humanitarian crisis continues to escalate in Haiti, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday that women, children and displaced families are disproportionately affected as malnutrition and hunger rise. Read more Peace and Security The 'food heroes' cultivating global change People around the world who are transforming food systems in their local communities are being recognised and supported by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Read more SDGs 'We resist by simply existing on the land': Ramallah mayor on life under occupation Ramallah, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of the West Bank, is a bustling urban centre, but it is ringed by barriers and checkpoints which dominate every aspect of life. Speaking at the UN Forum of Mayors in Geneva, Issa Kassis, the mayor of Ramallah, says that the challenges faced by city leaders are amplified by conflict and occupation. Read more Peace and Security DR Congo: UN envoy points to 'real hope' for ceasefire and peace in the east There is now "real hope" for a ceasefire which would pave the way for a lasting and definitive settlement of the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa, Huang Xia, told the Security Council on Monday.  Read more Peace and Security Trade, debt and investment at the heart of upcoming UN meeting, as global unpredictability hits people's livelihoods The world's poorest are being squeezed by trade uncertainty, heavy debt burdens and falling investment, the UN trade and development agency UNCTAD warned a week before ministers gather in Geneva for its largest meeting in four years.  Read more Economic Development Indirect disaster effects cost the world nearly $2 trillion per year, Guterres says on International Day From 1970 until 2000, the costs of disaster averaged $70-$80 billion. Those mainly preventable costs doubled this century to average $180-$200 billion annually, according to a recent report published by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).   Read more Climate and Environment Antibiotic resistance surges globally, UN health agency warns Common infections are becoming harder – and sometimes impossible – to treat, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday, as new data show that one in six bacterial infections globally are resistant to standard antibiotics, endangering millions and straining health systems worldwide. Read more Health Political crisis and corruption fuelling violence in South Sudan, UN rights body says The escalating political crisis in South Sudan is driving renewed armed violence and making the already dire humanitarian and human rights situations there worse, UN investigators said on Monday.  Read more Human Rights Gaza: Hostages released, aid scale-up begins As the UN Secretary-General on Monday welcomed the release of all living hostages from Gaza, aid agencies said that lifesaving relief supplies are now flowing at scale into the shattered enclave. Read more Peace and Security

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