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In the run-up to COP28, the World Health Organization (WHO) together with the global health community, is raising its voice to ensure that the impact of climate change on health takes centre stage in the negotiations. WHO

On the fifth day of a pause in fighting in the Gaza Strip, UN humanitarians echoed the UN Secretary-General and called for a full humanitarian ceasefire and for more aid deliveries to enter into the devastated enclave, such is the scale of need. UNTV CH

A UN spokesperson said that the Secretary-General “has welcomed the agreement reached by Israel and Hamas, with the mediation of Qatar and supported by Egypt and the United States.” UNIFEED

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned of a rising but entirely avoidable number of children dying in Gaza due to restricted access to water and sanitation, after six weeks of aerial bombardment by Israeli forces in response to the 7 October Hamas terror attacks on southern Israel that claimed 1,200 lives and some 240 hostages. UNTV CH

The UN health agency warned that Gaza’s health system is “on its knees.” UNTV CH

“I visited the Gaza Strip to meet with children, their families and UNICEF staff. What I saw and heard was devastating. They have endured repeated bombardment, loss and displacement. Inside the Strip, there is nowhere safe for Gaza’s one million children to turn,” the Executive Director of UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Catherine Russell said. UNICEF

1 in 3 children – or 739 million worldwide – already live in areas exposed to high or very high water scarcity, with climate change threatening to make this worse, according to a new UNICEF report. UNICEF

Briefing reporters on Libya, a UN spokesperson said that two months after "deadly floods devastated the east of the country – impacting a quarter of a million people – international support for relief efforts there remains critical.” UNIFEED / FILE

The risk of disease spread soars in Gaza as health facilities, water and sanitation systems disrupted, the World Health Organization said. WHO

Within Sudan, 4.5 million people have been internally displaced since April, when the war began, while 1.2 million have fled to neighbouring countries. The overwhelming majority of the refugees are women and children. UNHCR