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UPDATING LIVE: Security Council meets on Gaza as WHO announces polio pauses for lifesaving vaccination campaign
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The UN Security Council has begun meeting in emergency session in New York on the continuing crisis in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Earlier, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced agreement had been reached with Israel to allow a mass polio vaccination campaign to get underway through a series of humanitarian pauses beginning on Sunday. For UN News app users, follow live here.
Floods, landslides wreak havoc across South Asia
- UN News
Over 18 million people in Bangladesh have been affected by severe monsoon conditions, with more than 1.2 million families trapped as flash floods submerge vast areas of the country’s east and southeast.
West Bank crisis: UN chief calls for immediate halt to Israeli strikes
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As the crisis in the West Bank continues to escalate alongside the ongoing war in Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for an “immediate cessation” of Israeli military operations in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Security Council: A sustainable future for Syria depends on ending the war
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Senior UN officials warned the Security Council on Wednesday that the world cannot afford to lose focus on Syria, as the humanitarian and political crisis continues to wreak havoc on the country more than a decade after civil war erupted.
Myanmar: UN WFP pushes to reach flood-affected communities
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In flood-hit Myanmar, UN humanitarians said on Monday that aid teams have begun distributing emergency relief to families affected by monsoon rains in the Ayeyarwady Delta. Some 500,000 people in the key rice-growing region could be affected.
Gaza: First polio case confirmed in war-shattered enclave
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A 10-month-old girl paralysed by polio in Gaza has become the first confirmed case of the deadly disease to be detected in the war-ravaged enclave in 25 years.
Aid teams cite huge challenges in tackling new Sudan cholera outbreak
- UN News
Protecting war-weary people in Sudan from a second deadly cholera outbreak is proving a huge challenge for aid teams after more than 16 months of heavy fighting, combined with flooding and ongoing access obstacles, they reported on Friday.
Haiti: Millions of lives on the brink amid multiple crises
- UN News
Years of underfunding of humanitarian aid and increasing needs have put millions of Haitians at risk of chronic vulnerability, according to a newly released UN report.
Middle East: Security Council urged to find path away from ‘vicious cycles of despair’
- UN News
The Security Council met on Thursday to hear from top officials about the situation on the ground in the Middle East, a region roiling from the ongoing war in Gaza as the conflict enters its 11th month. Council members, along with the ambassadors of Israeli and Palestine, shared their positions during another heated discussion.
Gaza: Vital aid supplies running low as schools hit in further strikes
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UN aid teams have warned that vital chorine supplies that are essential for purifying water are running out and deteriorating in Gaza, while humanitarians condemned new strikes on schools sheltering people displaced by the war.
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