Since the Taliban takeover in August 2021, Afghanistan has systematically dismantled the rights of women — half its population — making it a global outlier with no parallel in the modern world, UN-Women reports. Half of Afghan women interviewed leave home only once or twice a month due to severe restrictions.
The Food and Agriculture Organization today warned that rising fertilizer prices are threatening Afghanistan’s 2027 wheat harvest ahead of what could be one of the country’s most promising wheat-growing seasons in years; it is appealing for $38.3 million to enable up to 600,000 farms access to fertilizer and certified wheat seed.
In Venezuela, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that 200,000 people affected by devastating earthquakes five weeks ago have received hot meals, healthcare, safe water, shelter, legal and psychological support through the joint efforts of the UN, aid partners, local communities and the authorities.
On 30 July 2026, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and/or underline in the entries below on its 1988 List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2816 (2026), and adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) today warned of the staggering scale of people trafficked worldwide by criminal networks and forced to participate in online scams in a multi-billion-dollar criminal industry. Between 2022 and 2025, IOM assisted over 3,500 victims across South-East Asia.
The Secretary-General's Peacebuilding Fund approved $2.4 million for a new programme to reduce insecurity across four regions of Mali, where communities and local institutions have come under sustained pressure and insecurity and violence. It aims to strengthen collaboration among local authorities, security forces and traditional leaders
In Rwanda, the UN and aid partners are supporting a $40 million Government-led preparedness plan against Ebola, through surveillance, laboratory capacity, case management, infection prevention and control, water and sanitation, and risk communication. The UN Central Emergency Response Fund has allocated $2 million.
Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Ramiz Alakbarov, reports eight Member States have committed almost $58 million to the UN Horizon Fund for recovery in Palestine. He called on more partners to join the initiative.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Rabab Fatima of Bangladesh as his new Special Representative for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
A United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report finds that child food and nutrition insecurity is a primary driver of undernutrition in Afghanistan, placing 3.7 million children under age 5 at increased risk. Recent data show that wasting has worsened across 26 of the country’s 34 provinces, compared with 2025.
