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Daily Wrap 18 July 2025
 

 

 

Syria is recovering after years of conflict and dictatorial rule.
Syria crisis: Hundreds killed in ongoing violence, hospitals overwhelmed

Amid violent clashes in southern Syria's Suweida governorate, a picture of grave human rights abuses and rising humanitarian needs is emerging by the hour, the UN said on Friday.

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Peace and Security
An adult and child rest at centre for displaced people in Haiti.
World News in Brief: Violence in Haiti, rising insecurity in DR Congo, expert panel on nuclear war

The UN humanitarian affairs office OCHA is stressing the need to scale up support for displaced families in Haiti amid ongoing insecurity and violence. 

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Humanitarian Aid
A young man sits on the rubble of a home in Gaza.
Humanitarians report more deaths, displacement and desperation in Gaza

The continued onslaught and mass deprivation of people in the Gaza Strip is becoming normalised, the UN aid coordination office OCHA warned on Friday.

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Humanitarian Aid
A wide view of the General Assembly. (file photo)
UN80 initiative should be 'inclusive and transparent', recognises General Assembly

The General Assembly on Friday adopted by consensus a resolution on the Secretary‑General's UN80 Initiative to strengthen and streamline the United Nations system. 

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UN Affairs
Nelson Mandela addresses the UN General Assembly in September 2004.
Mandela's legacy 'is now our responsibility', Guterres says on International Day

In honour of Nelson Mandela International Day on Friday, the United Nations is celebrating with a public service activity, a chamber music concert and a General Assembly meeting, where Secretary-General António Guterres presented the 2025 Mandela Prize. 

 

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UN Affairs
An artist in Colombia draws an image about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
UN envoy urges Colombia to 'stay the course' as peace faces new strains

Colombia has changed profoundly since the 2016 peace deal, but uneven state presence, lingering armed groups and mounting political tensions threaten to erode confidence unless implementation accelerates, the top UN envoy for the country said on Friday.

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Peace and Security
Children in Mexico received food baskets during the COVID-19 pandemic (file, 2022)
'You have to be able to rule your life': The care revolution in Latin America

Globally, there are 12.5 billion hours of work that the world never pays for because it barely even sees these duties.  

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Women
Umm Haytham Al-Kulak sits in a three-wheeled motorcycle trailer on her way back to her family.
On the road in war-torn Gaza

Mohammed Saad sits with others inside a homemade cart pulled by a car carrying several passengers, waiting to travel to Gaza City in one of the "uncomfortable and extremely expensive" means of transportation used to get around the Strip.

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Peace and Security
Families arrive at a transit centre in Renk, South Sudan, after fleeing escalating violence in Sudan.
Aid cuts leave refugee agency unable to shelter six in 10 fleeing war in Sudan

Major cuts to aid budgets have already left people fleeing wars in Sudan and beyond without the assistance and protection they need, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.

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Peace and Security
Anti-Trafficking campaign on Kyiv Metro. (file)
As war rages on in Ukraine, organised crime is taking new forms

Almost four years after Russia's full-scale invasion, criminal groups in Ukraine are adapting their business models amid displacement, rising trafficking risks and an increased demand for synthetic drugs, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a report published on Friday. 

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Law and Crime Prevention
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