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Daily Wrap 13 June 2025

Security Council meets in emergency session over Iran-Israel conflict, amid strikes and counterstrikes Israel's strikes on Iranian nuclear and military facilities mark a dangerous new escalation in the Middle East, a top UN official told the Security Council during an emergency session convened on Friday. Read more Peace and Security Societies grappling with a 'silent but growing' prison crisis Prisons have become a fragile link in many criminal justice systems, weakened by over-incarceration, overcrowding, poor conditions and chronic neglect – fuelling calls for urgent reform.  Read more Law and Crime Prevention World News in Brief: Rights abuses in Haiti, Sudan war sees exodus to Chad, food trade optimism Escalating gang violence in Haiti has displaced a record 1.3 million people, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday.  Read more Human Rights Humanitarians must be able to deliver aid in Gaza, UN agencies insist UN agencies on Friday continue to stress they must be allowed to deliver aid in the Gaza Strip as famine looms and a telecommunications blackout threatens lifesaving operations.  Read more Humanitarian Aid UN ocean summit in Nice closes with wave of commitments Ships in the port of Nice sounded their fog-horns on Friday, a brassy crescendo to a rare moment of global unity as the Third UN Ocean Conference drew to a close. Moments earlier, more than 170 countries had adopted by consensus a sweeping political declaration promising urgent action to protect the ocean. Read more Climate and Environment DR Congo crisis: Aid teams appeal for support to help displaced communities left with nothing As diplomatic efforts continue to end fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN development agency (UNDP) issued an appeal on Friday on behalf of people uprooted by the violence to help them rebuild their lives and livelihoods. Read more Humanitarian Aid Israel-Iran crisis: UN chief urges calm after overnight strikes Secretary-General António Guterres condemned Israeli strikes in Iran late Thursday evening, urging 'maximum restraint' from Member States. The head of the UN-backed atomic watchdog also highlighted the risk of a wider conflict.   Read more Peace and Security

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