Colombia's new government told the Security Council it wants the UN Verification Mission to focus on reintegration and security guarantees. The UN's top official in the country told the Council that insecurity is straining the 2016 peace agreement. Held over from the issue of 12 October.
The International Organization for Migration raised its count from 109 dead after more bodies were recovered. The boat was carrying 305 people from Djibouti towards Yemen. Held over from the issue of 12 October.
The head of the UN refugee agency told its Executive Committee in Geneva that 117 million people are displaced and that funding cuts are straining protection. The agency has received less than one third of what it says it needs. Held over from the issue of 12 October.
Experts told the Third Committee that children are paying an increasingly devastating price for armed conflict. Delegates then disputed the figures for Gaza, Ukraine and other wars.
The agency's 2026 index counts 51.5 million more people in poverty than its 2025 update. More than half of them are children. Held over from the issue of 12 October.
UN News reports that agencies are delivering food and mapping damage after floods swept away homes and bridges in central Nepal. The floods came weeks after catastrophic flooding in the north.
The fund, managed by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, says the money will pay for 10 projects in three departments. The UN humanitarian coordinator in Haiti said the country's 2026 response plan remains underfunded.