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January 23, 2026 UN

The week's top stories: an investigation into crimes committed in North Darfur; the 2025 UNHCR report; large-scale attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure; the demolition of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East headquarters in East Jerusalem by Israeli forces; the humanitarian crisis in Haiti; a speech by the UN Deputy Secretary-General to the Danish Parliament; a special session of the UN Human Rights Council; a drone strike on a bread delivery vehicle in Ukraine's Kharkiv region.

В городе Эль-Фашир в Северном Дарфуре были совершены военные преступления и преступления против человечности. Об этом заявила заместитель прокурора Международного уголовного суда (МУС) Нажат Шамим Хан, выступая в понедельник на заседании Совета Безопасности ООН в Нью-Йорке. >

Despite severe funding cuts, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) continued to provide assistance in the world's most challenging humanitarian situations in 2025, according to a UNHCR report published Monday. >>>

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Tuesday that he was outraged by the Russian Federation's ongoing large-scale attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. >>>

Reports of Israeli forces demolishing the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in occupied East Jerusalem early Tuesday morning have sparked a strong reaction from the United Nations. >>>

According to this year's first World Tourism Barometer, the world is expected to welcome 1.52 billion international tourist arrivals in 2025, an increase of nearly 60 million or four percent over 2024. >>>

In 2026, Haiti continues to face one of the most complex crises in its recent history. On Wednesday, the situation in the Caribbean country once again became the focus of international attention: the UN Security Council convened for its first meeting on Haiti this year. >>>

On Thursday, as President Donald Trump formally launched his Gaza Peace Council, independent UN human rights experts said they would continue to seek justice and accountability for crimes committed by all sides in the war between Hamas and Israel. >>>

Speaking to the Danish parliament on Thursday, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said the world is experiencing a period of dangerous turbulence in which the foundations of the international order, enshrined in the UN Charter, are under threat. >>>

The scale of mass killings on the streets of Iran has decreased, but "state brutality" continues. This was stated by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, speaking at a special session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Friday. >>>

On Friday, UN humanitarian agencies reported that two people delivering bread from the UN World Food Programme were killed the previous day in the Kharkiv region when a drone struck a car. >>>

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