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Daily Wrap 17 October 2025
 

 

 

Tom Fletcher talks to a UN humanitarian worker shortly after entering Gaza on Friday.
UN urges opening of all Gaza crossings to deliver three-month food supply

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned food aid cannot reach everyone in Gaza unless all border crossings are opened, particularly in the north where famine was declared in August. 

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Humanitarian Aid
Seized guns and ammunition destined for are put on show by US authorities.
Security Council renews Haiti sanctions

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Friday that renews sanctions in Haiti for another year as armed gangs continue to terrorize the population. 

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Peace and Security
Aerial view of an oil tanker ship at sea.
Talks on net zero shipping framework shelved as nations fail to reach consensus

Talks at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on adopting new global rules to cut greenhouse gas emissions from ships ended Friday without agreement, as delegates voted to defer a decision for 12 months amid sharp divisions over the proposed Net-Zero Framework.

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Climate and Environment
UNIFIL peacekeepers patrolling along the Blue Line, South Lebanon.
World News in Brief: Airstrikes in Lebanon, hope in CAR, a call to ban lead-based paints

The Security Council on Friday welcomed Lebanese Government efforts to exercise full national sovereignty through the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), as the UN warned that peacekeepers are continuing to find unauthorised weapons caches in the south.

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Peace and Security
The Secretariat building with flags of Member States in the foreground, at UN Headquarters, in New York.
UN faces 'race to bankruptcy' as Guterres unveils sharply reduced 2026 budget

The United Nations faces a "race to bankruptcy" unless Member States pay their dues in full and on time, Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday, presenting a sharply reduced $3.238 billion regular budget for 2026.

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UN Affairs
Gang members brandish their weapons in the Delmas 3 neighbourhood of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince.
Haiti is under a UN arms embargo: So why are 500,000 illegal weapons in circulation?

Up to 500,000 illegal weapons ranging from handguns to battlefield-grade semi-automatic rifles are thought to be in the hands of gangs in Haiti, even though the Caribbean country has been under a UN arms embargo for the last three years. 

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Peace and Security
A man crosses parched farmland in East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. (file)
Groundbreaking report reveals powerful link between poverty and the climate crisis

Nearly 80 per cent of the world's poor – 887 million people – live in regions that are exposed to extreme heat, flooding and other climate hazards, highlighting the urgent need for global action to address the issue. 

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Climate and Environment
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