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Gaza: vaccination campaign begins as immunisation rate drops below critical threshold, warns UNICEFSudan: Harrowing testimony from El Fasher survivors highlight scale of needs – UN gender equality agencyAll credit to a new FAO-backed lending initiative for small-scale farmers in the Sahara and beyond

COP30 opens in Belem; UN chief Guterres stresses commitment to 1.5C limitExtreme weather driving repeated displacement among conflict-affected communities: UNHCRCountries agree to global ban on mercury dental fillings: UNEP

West Bank settler violence must end with accountability: Rights OfficeDR Congo hunger crisis worsening amid ongoing fighting: WFPHollywood’s Orlando Bloom highlights plight of Myanmar’s Rohingya: UNICEF

UN chief urges world leaders to drive down global warmingBrazil launches major fund to protect tropical forestsAfghanistan’s opium output drops but synthetic drugs on the rise

In Gaza, a vaccination campaign for 44,000 children beginsSouth Sudan faces famine if conflict persists: FAO, WFPWorld’s forests face ‘critical threat’, UNECE report finds

Sudan: UN chief calls for immediate ceasefireGaza: Hunger and exhaustion continue to delay enclave’s recoverySyria healthcare hit by dire funding shortages 

Bringing aid to remote communities affected by a category 5 hurricane which swept across Jamaica last week remains the priority according to the World Food Programme (WFP).Hurricane Melissa made landfall in the west of the Caribbean island nation, bringing rain, storm surges and catastrophic flooding which has caused widespread devastation.UN News’s Charlotte Frantz, spoke to WFP’s Alexis Masciarelli who is currently in the Jamaican capital, Kingston, and began by asking him about the immediate needs of people in the hurricane’s path.

Afghans wake up to another deadly quake: OCHA, FAOGaza: dozens of newly trained midwives deploy in shattered enclave: UNFPAWHO urges urgent action as global health funding plunges up to 40 per cent

US attacks in Caribbean and Pacific violated international law: UN human rights chiefFact-Finding Mission in Iran alarmed by surge in repression and spike in executionsCivilian casualties in Ukraine up by a third since last year

Security Council briefed on ‘simply horrifying’ conditions in Sudan’s El FasherRussian forces launch massive overnight strikes on Ukraine’s energy facilitiesUN experts warn of rights violations in Nicaragua, urge protection for exiled citizens

No child safe in Sudan’s El Fasher, warns UNICEFTürk calls for full implementation of Gaza ceasefire, amid overnight killings‘Yawning gap’ remains between climate adaptation needs and pledges

UN climate chief says action to end the crisis is still too slow, but it’s moving in the right directionWidespread killings and indiscriminate violence reported by refugees fleeing El Fasher in SudanTaliban’s 48-hour communication blackout in Afghanistan violated human rights, according to the UN human rights office

One in three organizations have suspended or shut down programmes aimed at ending violence against womenUN alarmed by ‘terrifying’ situation in Sudan’s El FasherUN chief calls for stronger ASEAN-UN partnership to tackle global challenges

UN chief calls for urgent Security Council reformGaza: opening all crossings is ‘critical’, UN health agency calls for more accessForty migrants, including children, perish in Tunisia shipwreck warns of growing dangers on sea routes

Gaza: international community to build on current ceasefire toward a comprehensive agreement or risk insecurity and violence.Sudan: UN agencies call for immediate action to address the escalating humanitarian crisis there.Green light for Gang Suppression Force tells Haitians ‘they are not alone’, Security Council hears