This statement was delivered by Human Rights Watch at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) during an interactive dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic held on March 18, 2025.
The African Diplomatic Corps (ADC) and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) met in Juba on 19 March. They resolved to express their concern about the ongoing security challenges in the country, specifically Western Equatoria, Western Bahr el-Ghazal and Upper Nile States, and to call for restraint and de-escalation of the tension and conflict.
Over the last 36 hours in Gaza, staff at the Red Cross Field Hospital have been working relentlessly to provide lifesaving treatment to a high number of patients, many of whom have severe injuries.
Since the outbreak of conflict in Sudan in April 2023, the civil society space has changed dramatically, both in terms of a decline in the presence of formally registered national NGOs – who typically have been heavily reliant on international funding and therefore less resilient to the reducing availability of resources, and through the central role that hyper-local mutual aid groups – in particular Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) – have increasingly played in delivering assistance to crisis-affected communities.
Since the fall of the regime in Syria on 8 December, new arrivals have entered Lebanon, including approximately 91,000 Syrians and Lebanese to Baalbek Governorate in the Bekaa, as well as over 15,000 recent new arrivals to the North of the country fleeing recent violence in Syria’s coastal areas as of 17 March 2025.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is raising the alarm about malnutrition in Yemen as people’s needs are far outstripping the existing treatment capacity, underscoring a deep humanitarian crisis.
في ظل معاناة الملايين في اليمن من صعوبة تأمين الغذاء والمأوى والاحتياجات الأساسية الأخرى، قدّمت المنظمة الدولية للهجرة، بدعم من قطر الخيرية، مساعدات نقدية متعددة الأغراض لأكثر من 18,500 شخص خلال العامين الماضيين، متجاوزةً الهدف الأصلي للمشروع الذي كان حوالي 12,000 شخص.
With millions in Yemen struggling to afford food, shelter, and other essentials, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), with support from Qatar Charity, has provided Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) to more than 18,500 people over the past two years, surpassing the project’s original target of around 12,000.
Shelter/NFI Cluster members are actively responding to the needs of displaced persons in northwest Syria, serving both newly displaced and long-term internally displaced persons (IDPs).
There are now 12.9 million forcibly displaced due to the outbreak of conflict in Sudan since April 2023, including 8.9 million internally and 3.8 million in neighbouring countries.
The hostilities in the Tartous, Lattakia, Homs, and Hama Governorates of Syria in early March continue to displace people on a daily basis into the North and Akkar Governorates of north Lebanon.
Israel’s deadly overnight attacks on Gaza are an appalling escalation that have mostly killed civilians and must be unequivocally condemned by international governments, especially Israel’s allies. Global leaders must urgently step up pressure and demand a reinstatement of the ceasefire agreement.
Phase One of the Gaza ceasefire, from 19 January to 1 March 2025, allowed the humanitarian community to rapidly implement a prepared scale-up of its response. It enabled the daily entry of a large volume of humanitarian supplies and a steady stream of fuel.
To facilitate humanitarian cash programming, the Northeast of Syria Cash Working Group (NES CWG), in collaboration with local and international NGOs, carries out a monthly Joint Market Monitoring Initiative in Northern Syria. This initiative (JMMI) assesses the availability and prices of basic commodities typically sold in markets and consumed by the average Syrian household.
Against the backdrop of 16 months of active hostilities and a fragile situation in Gaza, protection actors note a steady deterioration of the protection environment in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
Following the violent disputes in the coastal region of Syria in recent days, the humanitarian situation is tense. Many people are fleeing. To help the affected families quickly, Malteser International starts emergency relief measures and provides the people with food and medical support. Hospitals receive medicines and 600 families are provided with basic foodstuffs.
Save the Children is providing aid to 4,000 displaced families in Latakia, including 12,000 blankets and 4,000 ready-to-eat rations, such as canned tuna and meat, biscuits, and energy bars, through local partners, including Syria Relief and Action for Humanity.
In 2025, children in Lebanon are bearing the profound toll of the conflict that escalated across the country in 2024. A new UNICEF report exposes the deterioration of key support systems for children — such as safe learning environments, and access to healthcare, nutrition, and clean water — leading to heightened risks of exploitation, barriers to processing emotional trauma, and significant challenges to their cognitive and social development.
