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The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, while traveling from Cairo to Rafah, spoke of how vital that route is as a lifeline for aid going into Gaza. He stressed the need for all the crossings to open to allow for a massive scale-up and start turning the situation on the ground around.

The World Meteorological Organization today released a report showing that the global water cycle has become increasingly erratic and extreme, swinging between deluge and drought. Only about one third of the global river basins had “normal” conditions in 2024, marking the sixth consecutive year of clear imbalance.

In Ukraine, United Nations support to front-line communities continues. On 5 September, the UN and partners delivered aid, including medical kits and hygiene supplies to some 1,000 people in several villages in the Donetsk region. This was the tenth convoy to that region in 2025.

The de facto authorities in Afghanistan are now reporting 2,205 people killed and 3,640 people injured in the recent earthquake, with some 84,000 people impacted and 6,700 households destroyed. The UN and its partners are continuing to scale up the response.

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

In Syria, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and United Nations partners continue to deliver critical aid to Sweida. Today, 11 trucks from the World Food Programme (WFP) reached Sweida carrying over 9,000 ready-to-eat food rations.

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 following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Evangelos C. Sekeris (Greece):