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Incidents of damaged houses collapsing in the Gaza Strip have increased in recent days amid worsening weather conditions and heavy rainfall, as residents face severe shortages in resources and a lack of safe housing alternatives. UNIFEED

“On 11 December, the Israeli cabinet decided to approve or regularize 19 settlements in the occupied West Bank,” a senior UN official told the Security Council, warning that settlement activity this year has reached record levels. UNIFEED

Amid an early start to the Northern Hemisphere influenza season a new variant of the virus is rapidly gaining ground - but vaccination remains the “most effective defence”, the UN health agency said on Tuesday. UNTV CH

UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on Monday (15 Dec) discovered several anti-tank mines, along with activators and fuses, in Sector West. In another discovery, peacekeepers found a mortar projectile, a grenade, grenade launchers and batteries in Sector East. As usual, these discoveries were referred to the Lebanese Armed Forces, a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED

UN human rights chief Volker Türk said, “The situation in Venezuela has not improved. We continue to see sweeping restrictions on freedom of expression and peaceful assembly; arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances; as well as acute social and economic strain.” OHCHR / UNTV CH

UN human rights chief Volker Türk said, “Nearly four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the plight of civilians has become even more unbearable," adding that "as peace negotiations continue, our monitoring and reporting show that the war is intensifying, causing more death, damage, and destruction." OHCHR / UNTV CH

L’équipe mobile de l’Unité d’Exécution du Programme National de Désarmement, Démobilisation, Réintégration et Rapatriement (UEPNDDRR) avec l’appui technique, logistique, financier et sécuritaire de la MINUSCA a procédé les 9 et 10 décembre 2025 à Ouandja-kotto, situé dans la préfecture de la Haute-Kotto, aux opérations de désarmement des ex-combattants de l’Union pour la Paix en Centrafrique (UPC). MINUSCA

96 tonnes de matériel électoral sensible comprenant des bulletins de vote, des formulaires de procès-verbaux et des imprimés électoraux, sont arrivées à Bangui le 15 décembre 2025 et ont été remises par le Représentant spécial adjoint du SG de l’ONU et Coordonnateur humanitaire, Mohamed Ag Ayoya au président de l’ANE, Mathias Morouba. MINUSCA

The Global Refugee Forum (GRF) Progress Review, co-hosted by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and Switzerland, runs from 15 to 17 December in Geneva and brings together senior government officials, civil society, the private sector, academia, faith leaders and, most importantly, refugees, to advance new solutions and assess how pledges made over the past years are being translated into real impact. UNHCR

As part of its 60-day ceasefire plan, WHO is supporting the rehabilitation of health facilities in northern Gaza. Last week, WHO teams visited Al-Shifa Hospital, where WHO will support the expansion of inpatient capacity by 120 beds. WHO