Gilbert Houngbo, ILO director general, delivers his statement during the 112th International Labour Conference, in Geneva, 13 June 2024. (Keystone/Martial Trezzini)

🥶Exclusive: UN labour agency freezes US official's appointment over unpaid dues. Former US labour official Sheng Li had been given the role in April, but the ILO has rescinded the appointment reserved to the organisation's top contributor unless Washington pays at least part of a large outstanding bill that has plunged the organisation into crisis.

👔ICYMI: UN chief eyes leadership cuts as part of reform push. Last week, António Guterres updated the General Assembly on his UN80 initiative, announcing that next year's budget will reduce hierarchical layers and senior-level posts through 2028. This move follows earlier criticism that previous cuts had disproportionately targeted lower-level staff.

🦠WHO calls for community cooperation to contain Ebola outbreak in DRC. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the appeal as he visited the eastern part of the country, where protests have erupted against strict protocols put in place to handle victims' bodies.

🧶In eastern DRC, Goma's aid economy unravels. Programme closures have left families without income, while international staff have left apartments empty, and businesses have had to close in a conflict-hit region that has relied on humanitarian aid for decades.

📋UN accuses Israel of committing sexual violence against Palestinians. The Israel Defence Forces were added to a secretary general report listing entities “credibly suspected” of committing sexual violence in conflict, after verifying cases of sexual violence committed against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank in the last three years, "primarily during detention and interrogation".