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(UN News)* — For over two years, tens of thousands of people have been killed in Gaza. The enclave faces its most severe economic collapse in history, and even amid a fragile ceasefire, children continue to die.
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27/11/2025
On International Day of Solidarity, United Nations Urges Greater Support and Aid for Palestinians
26/11/2025
‘Gaza Facing Worst Economic Collapse Ever Recorded’
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(UN News)* — The Occupied Palestinian Territory is now in its deepest economic crisis ever recorded, with Gaza suffering an “unprecedented and catastrophic” collapse, according to a new report from the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) presented in Geneva on Tuesday [].
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25/11/2025
Gaza Women Are ‘Last Line of Protection’ for Their Families amid Attacks, Hunger and Harsh Winter
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(UN News)* — Women in Gaza are ensuring their families’ survival “with nothing but courage and exhausted hands” while violence continues and essentials remain in short supply, the UN’s gender equality agency warned on Tuesday [].
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25/11/2025
COP30 Fails to Confront Drivers of Climate Crisis
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By Myrto Tilianaki, Senior Advocate, Environment and Human Rights | Human Rights Watch*
Climate Summit Ends with Weak Outcomes on Fossil Fuels and Forests
– In Belem, Brazil, as the United Nations climate summit (COP30) convened, I marched alongside thousands of activists and Indigenous peoples calling on governments to urgently address climate change and protect human rights.
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25/11/2025
The G20 has Failed on Debt. Time to Look to the UN
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The Group of Twenty (G20) comprises 19 countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Türkiye, United Kingdom and United States) and two regional bodies: the European Union and the African Union (as of 2023).
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Credit: UN Photo/Gustavo Stephan
The G20 members represent around 85% of the global GDP, over 75% of the global trade, and about two-thirds of the world population. South Africa assumed the G20 presidency on December 1 2024 and will step down on November 30 2025. The next G20 summit will be hosted by the US in 2026.
– When South Africa assumed the Presidency of the G20, debt sustainability was placed front and centre, with the promise to launch a Cost of Capital Commission.
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24/11/2025
Disasters – from Droughts and Floods to Pests and Marine Heatwaves – Cost Global Agriculture $3.26 Trillion over Three Decades: FAO
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By the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)*
Rome – Disasters have inflicted an estimated $3.26 trillion in agricultural losses worldwide over the past 33 years – an average of $99 billion annually, roughly 4 percent of global agricultural GDP – according to a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
A farmer examines his dry land , hoping to plant winter crops that could provide income for his family in Salameya, the Syrian Arab Republic. ©FAO/Bayan Ksiebi
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24/11/2025
Agri-food Systems: ‘Extreme Heat Damages Crops, Stresses Livestock, Depletes Fisheries – and Threatens the Livelihoods of an Estimated 1.23 Billion People’
Human Wrongs Watch
20 November 2025 — Extreme heat poses multiple risks for agrifood systems – damaging crops, stressing livestock and depleting fisheries – and threatens the livelihoods of an estimated 1.23 billion people.
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There is an urgent need for science-informed solutions to strengthen resilience and sustainability, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization and WMO on “Extreme Heat and Agriculture.”
22/11/2025
Gaza: Two Children Killed Every Day during Fragile Ceasefire – UNICEF
(UN News)* — Ongoing attacks and airstrikes attributed to Israeli forces in Gaza continue to kill and maim people of all ages in the shattered enclave despite an agreed ceasefire, UN agencies said on Friday [].
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21/11/2025
Security Council’s Veto Power Is ‘Poster Child’ of Global Gridlock: UN General Assembly President
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(UN News)* — General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock warned on Thursday [] that repeated deadlock in the Security Council has become the “poster child” for wider global gridlock, undermining trust in multilateral institutions.
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