In Nepal, over 500 people have been confirmed dead due to mass flooding, hundreds remain missing and over 3,700 have so far been rescued. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher said the UN and its aid partners are moving at speed, helping national authorities to deliver urgent, life-saving support.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Christina Markus Lassen (Denmark):
2025 saw the highest number of armed conflicts since the Second World War and some of the highest levels of acute hunger on record, the UN Secretary-General told the Security Council today. It was also the first time this century that two famines were confirmed simultaneously, in Sudan and in Gaza - a shameful milestone.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
In Gaza, only 22.4 per cent of children are receiving a minimum acceptable diet, according to a new UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) survey, which points to chronic malnutrition, poor diets and childhood illnesses despite the substantial increase in humanitarian aid since the October 2025 ceasefire.
Sudan’s escalating war has deepened one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises and raised fresh fears of mass atrocities, senior United Nations officials told the Security Council today, as members clashed over sanctions, external arms flows and how to revive a stalled political process.
The risk of the Ebola outbreak spreading to the Central African Republic has increased following the confirmation of cases in provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo bordering the country. The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator has allocated $3 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to help the Central African Republic with prevention efforts.
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports that more than 2.6 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied a secondary education in the five years since the de facto authorities took power. UNICEF warns that girls who are out of school face heightened protection risks, including child labour, abuse, early marriage and gender-based violence.
The West Bank is at the breaking point with Israeli settler violence reaching unprecedented levels, Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Ramiz Alakbarov warned today. So far this year, the UN has documented over 1,430 incidents, many of them deadly, impacting about 260 Palestinian communities.
