• Gaza war’s impact on children is damaging and long-lasting
• Sudan war leaves families desperate and running out of time: UNHCR
• 1.7 million children impacted by Super Typhoon Fund-wong, warns UNICEF

• Sudan’s Kordofan in grip of increasing killings and destruction, warns UN rights chief Türk  
• Gaza: UN aid agencies report fuel boost despite delivery obstacles  

• Mountain vipers and Galapagos iguanas in rare company at key CITES wildlife talks  

• Gaza: vaccination campaign begins as immunisation rate drops below critical threshold, warns UNICEF
• Sudan: Harrowing testimony from El Fasher survivors highlight scale of needs – UN gender equality agency
• All credit to a new FAO-backed lending initiative for small-scale farmers in the Sahara and beyond

• COP30 opens in Belem; UN chief Guterres stresses commitment to 1.5C limit
• Extreme weather driving repeated displacement among conflict-affected communities: UNHCR
• Countries agree to global ban on mercury dental fillings: UNEP

• West Bank settler violence must end with accountability: Rights Office
• DR Congo hunger crisis worsening amid ongoing fighting: WFP
• Hollywood’s Orlando Bloom highlights plight of Myanmar’s Rohingya: UNICEF

With half the world’s population under 30, sidelining young people is no longer an option. That’s according to UN Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs, Felipe Paullier, who champions the determination and creativity of the world’s youth.

He’s been at the World Summit for Social Development in Doha this week, issuing a strong call to action and urging world leaders to put young people at the heart of decision-making.

In an interview with UN News’s Abdelmonem Makki, he said that real progress means making space, so young people have a main seat at the table: “They’re not waiting for us,” he adds, “they’re finding solutions.” 

• UN chief urges world leaders to drive down global warming
• Brazil launches major fund to protect tropical forests
• Afghanistan’s opium output drops but synthetic drugs on the rise

• In Gaza, a vaccination campaign for 44,000 children begins
• South Sudan faces famine if conflict persists: FAO, WFP
• World’s forests face ‘critical threat’, UNECE report finds

• Sudan: UN chief calls for immediate ceasefire
• Gaza: Hunger and exhaustion continue to delay enclave’s recovery
• Syria healthcare hit by dire funding shortages 

Bringing aid to remote communities affected by a category 5 hurricane which swept across Jamaica last week remains the priority according to the World Food Programme (WFP).

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in the west of the Caribbean island nation, bringing rain, storm surges and catastrophic flooding which has caused widespread devastation.

UN News’s Charlotte Frantz, spoke to WFP’s Alexis Masciarelli who is currently in the Jamaican capital, Kingston, and began by asking him about the immediate needs of people in the hurricane’s path.