UN: Massive $33 billion appeal launched to aid 135 million worldwide (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The United Nations and its partners have launched a global humanitarian appeal, initially seeking US$23 billion to deliver urgent lifesaving assistance to 87 million people worldwide affected by wars, climate disasters, epidemics, earthquakes, and crop failures.

New Zealand: UN treaty body raises alarm over weakening of Maori rights (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has expressed deep concern over the overall weakening of institutional frameworks designed to uphold the rights of Maori, Pacific peoples, and other ethnic communities in New Zealand.

UN: DRC battling deadliest cholera outbreak in 25 years, warns UNICEF (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is facing its worst cholera outbreak in 25 years, with the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) reporting 64,427 cases and 1,888 deaths since January.