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Daily Wrap 17 June 2025
The Israeli military's evacuation orders apply to 80 per cent of Gaza, leaving many of the enclave's people displaced.
More Gazans killed trying to get food, healthcare near to 'full disaster'

Gaza's health system is at breaking point, overwhelmed time and again by scores of people killed or injured near aid distribution sites, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. 

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Peace and Security
Demonstrators protest hate speech at a march in the United States.
'Hate speech is poison in the well of society,' says Guterres

Hate speech is a warning sign and a driver of violence, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said ahead of Wednesday's International Day for Countering Hate Speech.

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Human Rights
A mother holds her child in a camp for displaced people in Gaza.
Israeli actions in Palestinian territories constitute war crimes, Human Rights Council hears

The ongoing crises in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Sudan are in the spotlight this week at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva.

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Peace and Security
Aftermath of a strike in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. (file)
UN condemns deadly Russian strikes on Ukrainian capital as civilian toll mounts

At least 14 civilians were reportedly killed and more than 100 injured in Kyiv overnight into Tuesday, as Russian drone and missile strikes struck multiple Ukrainian cities in one of the heaviest nights of bombing in months.

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Peace and Security
Parts of northern Syria, including Idleb (pictured) show the impact of 14 years of civil war.
'Syria simply cannot withstand another wave of instability,' Security Council hears

A senior UN official has warned against the impact of regional escalation on Syria as the country continues on the path to political transition following the overthrow of the Assad regime last December and nearly 14 years of devastating civil war. 

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Peace and Security
Girls are excluded from secondary education in Afghanistan following a December 2024 ban..
Afghan women face near total social, economic and political exclusion

In the past decade, the UN has bemoaned the chronically low level of participation by Afghan women and girls in decision-making bodies and in secondary and higher education. 

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Women
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