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UN briefing highlights cholera, displacement and severe funding shortfalls across multiple crises
Summary
The UN warned of rising cholera risk and renewed mass displacement in Sudan, fresh displacements in Haiti, attacks on health care in Lebanon and Gaza shelter damage, and said humanitarian appeals remain severely underfunded with roughly 22% of a $2.9 billion appeal received.
The United Nations used its regular briefing to underline a cluster of humanitarian emergencies — from Sudan's escalating violence and suspected cholera outbreaks to fresh displacement in Haiti and constrained aid access in Gaza and Lebanon — and to flag major funding shortfalls that hamper response.
Steph, a UN staff member, reported that clashes in several Sudanese states have killed civilians over recent holidays, driven cross‑border displacement into Chad, and forced suspension of some humanitarian activities serving about 21,000 people. The spokesperson said a suspected cholera outbreak was spreading in parts of Sudan with more than 300 suspected cases and dozens of deaths reported in one area, and recalled the larger earlier cholera wave that registered more than 124,000 cases and over 3,500 deaths earlier in the year.
In Haiti, renewed armed attacks in Artibonite led to roughly 1,100 new displacements on May 26, stretching host community resources and creating needs for shelter, food, health care, psychosocial support and gender‑based violence services. In Gaza, OCHA reported an air strike on the roof of a UN school used as a shelter in Nuseirat; damage was reported but no injuries in that strike, the spokesperson said.
On financing, the spokesperson said humanitarian appeals remain badly underfunded: roughly 22% of a $2.9 billion appeal had been received midway through the year, leaving large unmet needs. She urged member states and donors to increase contributions to allow scaling up of life‑saving operations across affected countries and referred reporters to OCHA for up‑to‑date figures and the revised Lebanon flash appeal to be launched in Geneva.
The briefing closed with calls for protection of civilians, facilitation of humanitarian access, and coordinated international support to sustain relief efforts.
