India

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Stefan Priesner of Austria as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in India, with the host Government’s approval.  He took up his post on 1 December 2025.

In Ukraine, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that the city and region of Kyiv were hit by large-scale drone and missile strikes, killing and injuring several civilians. Up to 500,000 families in Kyiv lost electricity, with water and heating services disrupted. In Dnipro, an attack also killed and injured civilians.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the UN and humanitarian partners are supporting the Government-led response following the declaration on 4 September of a new Ebola outbreak in Kasai Province, in the country’s centre-west. Preliminary figures from authorities indicate 28 suspected cases; that includes 15 fatalities.

In Sudan, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is alarmed by reports of a second deadly attack this week by the Rapid Support Forces on the famine-stricken camp of Abu Shouk on the outskirts of the besieged city of El Fasher, which hosts tens of thousands of people.

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

At the beginning of August, the Government of India and the United Nations team in the country launched the first set of projects under a new partnership to facilitate South-South cooperation and advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warns that a complete collapse of Internet and data services is paralysing aid operations across Gaza. This is reportedly not a routine outage — but a total failure of Gaza’s digital infrastructure — and most agencies are largely cut off from teams on the ground.

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

The Secretary-General has appointed experts to develop recommendations for measures that complement or go beyond Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This is a way to recognize that GDP — relied upon as a gauge of prosperity — provides an incomplete picture of the different dimensions of sustainable development.

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: