Indonesia's health minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin, bottom, takes a selfie with with other ministers after their swearing-in ceremony at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, 21 October 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

🩺 WHO candidate Budi Sadikin: no country can fight a pandemic alone. In this interview, Indonesia’s health minister affirms his belief in health equity and suggests that his relationship with the US could help encourage them to rejoin the agency.

🇹🇷 Turkey throws its former foreign minister’s name into the race for next UN chief. Feridun Sinirlioglu's nomination over the weekend has sparked speculation about what his election could mean for Security Council reform, given his vocal criticism of the five permanent members’ outsized power.

🗳 ICYMI: UAE Candidate showed mixed results in latest UN Security Council poll. Last Friday, Lana Nusseibeh received seven discouraging votes and six encouraging votes, making it hard to tell whether any veto holders oppose her. The next straw poll, expected to be colour-coded, may reveal her standing with the P5.

⚖️ Alain Werner: a life spent fighting impunity. As international justice comes under increasing strain, the Geneva lawyer, who has documented war crimes for 25 years to bring perpetrators to court, shares his experience and current work as director of the NGO Civitas Maxima.

💰OCHA begins pouring out second tranche of US humanitarian cash. After a $2 billion first pot of money, the UN aid coordination agency is now deploying $1.8bn in US funding, with more expected to go to local groups compared to last time.