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The head of UN Peace Operations has underscored the need for continued diplomatic efforts to end the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and avert the potential for wider conflict.
The member states have turned a blind eye, legitimized the junta, and even provided arms, allowing the junta to continue violent and deadly attacks on civilians and a systematic repression of activists and civil society.
The collapse of the Assad regime in December 2024 has left Syria grappling with massive infrastructure damage, economic instability, as well as underdeveloped and fragmented digital systems.
Current outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, Marburg, mpox, and now new reports of Ebola provide examples of the persistence of lack of leadership and collaboration, inadequate finance, and inequitable access to countermeasures.
Israeli legislation banning the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, is due to enter into force in the coming hours, bringing fundamental changes to its operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, according to the agency and Palestinians they serve in Gaza who spoke with UN News.
Friday is the official retirement date for the fleet of five transport aircraft. To mark the occasion the fleet has recently carried out flypasts over Northland and the central North Island. The fleet clocked up more than 155,000 accident-free flying hours and nearly 100,000 landings at home and around the world.