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Daily Wrap 25 June 2025
A young boy stands amid the ruins of a classroom in Douma destroyed during the Syrian civil war.
Responsibility to Protect: An unfulfilled promise, a ray of hope

The UN Secretary-General has warned that the world today is failing to protect civilians from mass atrocity crimes, calling for a renewed global commitment to the Responsibility to Protect – a principle adopted two decades ago that remains, in his words, "a moral imperative" and "an unfulfilled promise."

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Human Rights
A family in Gaza uses plastic collected from the landfill to light a fire for cooking. (file)
'Fuel for Gaza is a matter of life and death,' UN warns

The rapid depletion of the remaining fuel stocks in the Gaza Strip is threatening efforts to keep critical lifelines up and running, the UN reported on Wednesday. 

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Humanitarian Aid
The aftermath of a strike in Dnipro, Ukraine, in April 2025.
UN rights mission condemns civilian toll in deadly missile strikes on Ukraine

Dozens of civilians – including children and school staff – were killed or wounded in Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian cities this week, in what UN human rights monitors described as a "foreseeable" tragedy caused by strikes on populated areas.

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Human Rights
Women build barriers in Nepal to prevent the river from overflowing and flooding nearby villages.
Sevilla conference on development financing shows optimism for multilateralism

It's been 10 years since the Addis Ababa Action Agenda was established to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the world's roadmap for ending poverty, protecting the planet and tackling inequalities.

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Economic Development
Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). (file)
Iran: Return to inspections top priority for UN nuclear agency

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Wednesday that his "number one priority" is for its inspectors to return to Iran's nuclear sites to evaluate damage caused by recent bombing and to verify stockpiles of highly enriched uranium. 

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Peace and Security
A boy, his head in bandages, stands in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip.
'A moral failure': Security Council hears about grave violations against children caught in war

When Sila, a young woman from Idlib in Syria, was three-years-old, she woke up to missiles falling around her, forcing her and her family to flee their home.  

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Peace and Security
Around the world, more than 666 million people still live without basic access to electricity.
Energy access has improved, but more funding is needed to address disparities: WHO

Although nearly 92 per cent of the global population now has basic access to electricity, more than 666 million people still live without it, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to urge greater financial support for renewable energy. 

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Health
Girls give the thumbs-up at a school in Ghana.
$1 towards a girl's education = $3 for the global economy: That's how development works

Helping those with less isn't charity – it's a shared investment in a better future. Yet global development financing is under strain. An upcoming UN conference in Sevilla, Spain, aims to change that by mobilizing large-scale investment for a more just and sustainable world.

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Economic Development
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