International Human Solidarity Day

About te recent Humanitarian Situation in South Sudan . Florence Gillette, Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegation in South Sudan, said that she had witnessed a situation that was continually degrading in the country. Seven out of ten States had experienced hostilities, with an increased use of aerial means – aircraft and barrel bombs, incendiary bombs, gunships and drones. Hostilities on the ground had killed and injured many, having also displaced close to half a million people. In addition, Some 1,2 million people had fled the conflict in Sudan and were now living in South Sudan in dire conditions . There had been an alarming number of wounded individuals. Nearly 1,000 weapon-wounded patients had been treated in ICRC-supported hospitals in South Sudan in 2025 so far – the highest number recorded since 2018. In 2025, more than 3,700 people had received physical rehabilitation services at ICRC-supported centres; in the past eight years, the ICRC had con...

UN Geneva press briefing chaired by Alessandra Vellucci, Director, UN Information Service. Situation of women and girls in Gaza Sofia Calltorp, Head of UN Women in Geneva, who had just returned from Gaza, and had travelled the entire length of the Strip, shared that seeing images of Gaza on the screens did not compare by far to witnessing the scale of the destruction in real life. Ms. Calltorp had met with women across the Gaza Strip, seeing first-hand the immense pain they were experiencing. They were facing hunger and fear, trying to shield their children from hunger and cold. Living in ceasefire did not mean living in peace. The killings, while fewer, continued. Every woman Ms. Calltorp had met had lost at least two family members. Women had been displaced countless times, every time packing the little they had, moving their small children and elderly parents. Food was still scarce and more expensive than before. The endless bombing had left behind another crisis, of over 12,000 wom...

  About the Humanitarian situation in Gaza Abeer Etefa, for the World Food Programme (WFP), speaking from Cairo, said that Gaza was facing heavy rains and falling temperatures. Flood waters had washed away many families' meagre possessions and supplies, indicating of what the winter ahead could bring. Hundreds of thousands of people remained in urgent need of food assistance. Access to basic needs items was still very limited, and the rain was making it worse. Since 10 October, WFP had brought in over 40,000 tons of food into Gaza, which amounted to about two-thirds of its monthly target; this had reached over 530,000 people, one-third of the WFP's monthly target. WFP-supported bakeries supported 160,000 bread bundles per day, meeting WFP's daily targets, said Ms. Etefa. Hot meals were back, with over 35 kitchens providing 210,000 meals per day, about half of the target. The digital cash assistance had reached some 125,000 people, half of the November targets. This was the...