Hungary withdraws from ICC
16/6/2025: Hungary has formally notified the UN secretary-general that it is withdrawing from the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court. The move follows the visit to Hungary by the Israeli Prime Minister despite an ICC warrant against him for serious crimes in Gaza.
Source: Human Rights Watch
The risk of famine looms in multiple Sudanese counties
16/6/2025: Compounded by the civil war the food security situation in Sudan has become the worst hunger crisis in the world today. The World Food Programme estimates that 24.6 million people, or half of the population, is acutely food insecure.
Source: Inter Press Service
UN Refugee Agency completes review of operations over loss of funding
15/6/2025: The UN Refugee Agency has completed a review of its activities, expenditure, staffing and structures, following a significant decline in humanitarian funding. In total, approximately 3,500 staff positions will be discontinued, despite the number of global refugees having nearly doubled over the last decade.
Source: UN Refugee Agency
US threatens UN members seeking a two-state solution for Palestine
13/6/2025: The Trump administration is threatening diplomatic consequences for any governments opposing US policies at a high-level UN conference on a peaceful settlement to the Gaza conflict.
Source: Inter Press Service
Military conflicts at historic high
12/6/2025: A report by the Peace Research Institute Oslo identifies a staggering 61 conflicts across 36 countries last year, the highest number of state-based armed conflicts in over seven decades. Africa remained the most conflict-affected region.
Source: Inter Press Service
Atomic watchdog says Iran not complying with nuclear safeguards
12/6/2025: The International Atomic Energy Agency has passed a resolution declaring that Iran is not complying with its obligations regarding nuclear non-proliferation. Tehran has “repeatedly” been unable to explain and demonstrate that its nuclear material was not being diverted for further enrichment for military use.
Source: UN News
Funding cuts force new thinking for world’s largest refugee camp
10/6/2025: Funding cuts will soon dramatically change conditions for the more than one million Rohingya refugees who live in camps near Cox’s Bazar in southern Bangladesh. Repatriation remains elusive while fighting plagues Rakhine State, where most of the Rohingya used to call home.
Source: The New Humanitarian
Seville Conference on Financing for Development can deliver
9/6/2025: The secretary-general of the UN’s Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development sets out his agenda. The current draft outcome aims to increase domestic taxation in low income countries and reduce the international debt burden.
Source: Devex
Trump’s travel ban will spread hate and discrimination
5/6/2025: Amnesty International has condemned Trump's ban on travel to the US from 12 countries as discriminatory, racist, and downright cruel. It also violates the right to seek and enjoy asylum from persecution.
Source: Amnesty International
Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves researchers ‘overwhelmed’
5/6/2025: A cure for HIV could be a step closer after researchers in Melbourne found a new way to force the virus out of hiding inside human cells. It is based on mRNA technology, which came to prominence during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Source: The Guardian