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November 7, 2025 UN
The top news of the day in the UN and around the world: the US refusal to participate in the Universal Periodic Review process within the Human Rights Council, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom in Bangladesh, abductions and disappearances in Syria, the humanitarian crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The United States and the Human Rights Council
The UN Human Rights Council expressed regret over the United States' decision not to participate in the review of the country's human rights situation. Under this process, known as the Universal Periodic Review, UN member states report on the steps they have taken to implement and protect human rights and receive recommendations from experts. The United States was scheduled to appear before the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review on Friday but withdrew. This marks the first time a country has chosen not to participate in the review. Members of the Human Rights Council called on Washington to resume cooperation with the mechanism and announced they would reschedule the review until 2026.
Orlando Bloom in Bangladesh
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visited Bangladesh this week and toured the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar. The British actor met with the children and their families living there. According to Bloom, they are "100 percent dependent on aid." But aid is dwindling, he warned. The lack of funding threatens education, healthcare, and the very survival of people in the camps. In June, UNICEF was forced to temporarily close most schools in Cox's Bazar, depriving nearly 150,000 children of the opportunity to learn. The schools eventually reopened, but face further closure in 2026.
Abductions in Syria
Eleven months after the fall of the former regime in Syria, alarming reports of abductions and disappearances continue to emerge from the country. This was stated by Tamin Al-Khitan, a representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), at a briefing in Geneva on Friday. He noted that following the change of power, the situation in the country remains unstable, with various forces and groups vying for influence. According to Al-Khitan, people are afraid to contact the UN due to threats, making it difficult to determine the actual number of abducted and disappeared. Since January 2025, 97 cases of abductions have been documented.
Crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The situation in the region, captured earlier this year by the armed group M23, remains extremely difficult. In some areas, people are dying of hunger. Meanwhile, fighting between M23 and government forces continues, causing new waves of displacement. There are currently approximately 5.2 million internally displaced people in the eastern part of the country.
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