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Daily Wrap 16 June 2025

Without urgent funding, global hunger hotspots are set to grow, UN warns Since conflict erupted in Sudan, more than a million people have fled to neighbouring South Sudan, seeking refuge from escalating violence that has displaced 12.4 million people and plunged over half the Sudanese population into food insecurity.  Read more Health From Himalayan melt to drowning shores, children lead the climate fight From the high Himalayas down to sea level, climate change is no longer a distant threat for children in Nepal and the Maldives – it is a daily struggle: landslides tear through mountain villages washing away homes and farms, while rising seas surge over island shorelines, threatening to swallow entire communities. Read more Climate and Environment DR Congo: Human rights violations could amount to war crimes, UN experts say In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwandan-backed rebels, Congolese troops, and allied militias have all committed human rights abuses, some possibly amounting to war crimes, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said in Geneva on Monday. Read more Human Rights Guterres to launch life-saving campaign strengthening mine action worldwide The UN Secretary-General is set to launch a global campaign to boost support for disarmament and mine action.  Read more Peace and Security UNHCR forced to make deep cuts, despite rising needs worldwide The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced on Monday that it is cutting global staffing costs by around 30 per cent, following a comprehensive review of its activities, spending, staffing and structure, prompted by major funding shortfalls. Read more Migrants and Refugees 'Behind each crisis, people are suffering,' Türk tells Human Rights Council Eighty years after the United Nations was established to end war, uphold fundamental human rights and promote justice and international law, those founding principles are increasingly under threat, the UN's human rights chief warned on Monday.  Read more Human Rights Brutal cuts mean brutal choices warns UN relief chief, launching 'survival appeal' Facing the most severe funding shortfall in the history of humanitarian aid, UN relief chief Tom Fletcher on Monday announced a "hyper-prioritised" appeal for $29 billion to meet urgent global needs.  Read more Humanitarian Aid MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: Live updates for 16 June After a weekend of massive strikes and counter-strikes between Tel Aviv and Tehran, the UN's human rights chief, Volker Türk on Monday condemned the violence and echoed wider calls for a negotiated end to the attacks. Meanwhile in Gaza, aid workers report that mobile communications networks continue to be cut in the shattered enclave. We'll be covering these developments and more across the UN system and beyond today, thanks for joining us. UN News app users can follow our live coverage here. Read more Peace and Security

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