A Palestinian child receives polio vaccine drops during a vaccination campaign at UNRWA headquarters in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, 14 October 2024. (Keystone/EPA/Haitham Imad)

🧸UN postpones polio campaign in northern Gaza due to ‘escalating violence’. The final phase of immunisation was set to begin on Wednesday, aiming to vaccinate nearly 120,000 children.

🎧ICRC ships 17 tonnes of medicine and healthcare supplies to Lebanon. Authorities worry however that the neutrality of hospitals is no longer respected by warring parties.

🚢UN eyes modest 2024 maritime trade growth, but future uncertain. Unctad said diversions in shipping routes caused by geopolitical tensions and climate change were impacting the global economy and food security.

👩🏽‍🤝‍👩🏻Four in 10 deaths in war zones last year were women, UN report finds. UN Women found that conflict-related gender-based violence rose by 50 per cent in 2023 compared to a year earlier.

🇭🇹Haitian gangs escalate violence and expand attacks outside the capital, top UN official says. The organisation’s special representative for Haiti, María Isabel Salvador, said some 700,000 people are now internally displaced.