UN Daily Press Briefing: Gaza Aid, Sudan Conflict, Tanzania Elections, and More (November 3, 2025)

Global Humanitarian Updates

• 🌍 The UN Secretary-General is in Doha to open the Second World Social Summit and met with Qatar's Prime Minister, discussing regional issues including Gaza and thanking Qatar for facilitating a ceasefire and hostage release deal.
• 💡 The Secretary-General addressed the C40 World Mayors Summit, emphasizing the need for a clean energy revolution and calling COP30 a start to a decade of acceleration.

Occupied Palestinian Territory (Gaza)

• 🚚 Significant aid, including food, shelter, and hygiene supplies, has been delivered to Gaza, with nearly 200 truckloads collected from Israeli crossings.
• 🍞 Inside Gaza, 17 bakeries are producing 150,000 bread bundles daily, and 180 kitchens are serving over a million meals.
• ⚠️ The UN Satellite Center reported that 81% of structures in Gaza are damaged, with over 123,000 destroyed.
• 🤰 The UN Population Fund has supported 90,000 women and girls with reproductive health and hygiene items since the ceasefire.

Sudan Conflict and Displacement

• ⚠️ Ongoing violence against civilians, including women and children, is reported in El Fasher, Sudan, with credible reports of summary executions and sexual violence.
• 🚫 Humanitarian assistance delivery is blocked by the RSF, contrary to international humanitarian law.
• 🏠 Nearly 71,000 people have fled El Fasher, with many facing dire conditions in overcrowded camps.
• 📈 In North Kordofan, violence has displaced 37,000 people, with reports of summary executions and destruction of infrastructure.
• 💔 UNICEF reported eight children killed and three injured by missile strikes on displacement shelters in South Kordofan.
• 💰 The 2025 humanitarian response plan for Sudan is only 28% funded, with a significant funding gap.

Other Key Topics

• 🇹🇿 The UN Secretary-General expressed deep concern over reports of deaths and injuries during Tanzania's general elections and called for an investigation into excessive use of force.
• ⛰️ A 6.3 magnitude earthquake near Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan, killed 20 and injured over 900, with many homes destroyed; the UN appeal for Afghanistan remains severely underfunded.
• 🌊 The UN is responding to Hurricane Melissa's devastation in Jamaica, with $4 million released from the Central Emergency Response Fund.
• 🇨🇺 An emergency action plan is finalized for hurricane-impacted eastern Cuba, with significant damage to health facilities and schools.
• 🇭🇹 A technical assessment mission for the UN Support Office in Haiti has been completed to prepare for the establishment of the office.
• 🇺🇦 Attacks in Ukraine continue, with civilian casualties and damage to infrastructure reported; evacuations are impossible in frontline towns like Pokrovsk.
• 🌳 The FAO released a report stating 1.7 billion people live in areas with crop yields failing due to land degradation, urging integrated land use strategies.
• 🏃 The UN highlighted colleagues who participated in the New York Marathon, celebrating their achievements.