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Daily Wrap 27 June 2025
Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to the press at the UN Headquarters, in New York.
Guterres calls for immediate Gaza ceasefire as humanitarian crisis reaches 'horrific proportions'

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday reiterated his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, warning that the humanitarian crisis has reached "horrific proportions" and that the world must not let the suffering of Palestinians be overshadowed by other regional conflicts.

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Peace and Security
Jean-Pierre Lacroix (centre right), Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, talks to peacekeepers deployed to the UN mission in Lebanon, UNIFIL.
Lacroix upholds role of UN peacekeeping in Lebanon and Syria

The head of UN Peacekeeping affirmed the critical role played by the "blue helmets" in Lebanon and Syria during a press conference at Headquarters in New York.

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Peace and Security
 A family in Goma, capital of North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (file, March 2025)
DR Congo: Despite efforts towards a political solution, violence still rages in the east

As the Foreign Ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed a draft peace agreement in Washington this Friday, tensions and violence continue to grip eastern DRC. 

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Peace and Security
Developing countries like Bangladesh (pictured) spend large amounts of money servicing international debt, diverting vital resources away from development efforts.
New UN report charts path out of debt crisis threatening global development

A decade after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), development is facing serious headwinds – including what UN officials describe as a "silent crisis" of surging debt service payments in low-income countries.

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Economic Development
People in Khartoum, Sudan, queue for water.
Sudan: 'Fighting shows no signs of abating,' senior UN official tells Security Council

Three years into the conflict in Sudan, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) continue to pursue a military solution, violating international law and the rights of civilians in the process.

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Peace and Security
The March-April earthquakes that struck central Myanmar have further deepened the humanitarian crisis in the country.
Myanmar human rights crisis deepens as aid collapses, attacks intensify

Myanmar is spiralling deeper into humanitarian catastrophe, the UN's top human rights official warned on Friday, as escalating military attacks, crippling aid restrictions and collapsing international support push millions toward starvation and despair.

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Human Rights
Buildings have been damaged by drone and missile attacks in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.
Short-range drone attacks deepen crisis on Ukrainian frontlines

Attacks with short-range drones killed at least 395 civilians and injured 2,635 between February 2022 – the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine – and April 2025, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission (HRMMU) reported on Thursday.

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Peace and Security
Rubbish is often used as stove fuel in the shattered enclave today.
Gaza: Health system crumbles amid growing desperation over food, fuel

The first delivery earlier this week of urgently needed medical goods to enter Gaza in months will provide scant relief to the enclave's people, who continue to be shot and killed in their search for food, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

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Peace and Security
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