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The Secretary-General has approved a request by Papua New Guinea to renew eligibility for the Peacebuilding Fund’s Peacebuilding and Recovery Facility until the end of 2030 to advance joint UN-Government efforts in the context of the Bougainville post-referendum peace process.

In Gaza, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that Israeli authorities today reopened the Kerem Shalom/Karem Abu Salem crossing for the entry of 500,000 litres of fuel and humanitarian assistance that is arriving through Israel and Egypt.

The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) reports a sharp rise of violence in Abiemnom, in the Ruweng Administrative Area, where youth stormed the county headquarters, injuring at least 23 people. UNMISS is now sheltering over 1,000 civilians inside its base and giving emergency medical care to the injured.

The UN and its humanitarian partners, in support of the authorities in Niger, have released this year’s Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan. It calls for $674 million to support 2 million people in the country, where insecurity, forced displacement and climate shocks have left 3 million people in need of aid.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President James Kariuki (United Kingdom):

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

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President James Kariuki (United Kingdom):

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.