UN Response and Recovery Fund Support

The UN Security Council is made up of 15 UN member countries, each with one vote.

Its primary responsibility is the maintenance of international peace and security.

Across Gaza, families continue to shelter in the ruins of @ unrwa schools amid a lack of other places to go.

The humanitarian situation nears total collapse as the spread of deadly diseases and hunger keep surging.

A steep rise in malnutrition among children and pregnant and breastfeeding women is posing grave threats to their health and lives. The situation is especially serious in the north, where one in six children under two is acutely malnourished.

A humanitarian ceasefire is urgently needed to alleviate suffering, ensure the delivery of aid, and facilitate the release of hostages.

We must never forget how easily hate speech can turn to hate crime;

how ignorance or indifference can lead to intolerance; or how silence in the face of bigotry is complicity.

- # UnitedNations Secretary-General @ antonioguterres.

From fact-checking to supporting vulnerable communities to sharing messages of tolerance, we can all take action to protect our common humanity and say .

Wednesday is .

Languages represent who we are. Protecting this identity is a matter of human rights.

Yet, linguistic diversity is increasingly threatened as more and more languages disappear, taking with them an entire cultural and intellectual heritage.

In many countries, students are taught in a language other than their mother tongue, which compromises their ability to learn effectively.

On International Mother Language Day, join in calling for mother tongue-based education, and celebrating the power of multilingualism.

Most of the population of Gaza is displaced, with many living in dire, inhumane conditions.

Nearly 1.5 million people are sheltering in Rafah, near the border with Egypt - that's more than six times the normal population.

As hunger and deadly disease outbreaks surge, the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate.

Our colleagues from the # UnitedNations Development Programme (UNDP) are on the ground in Gaza, redoubling efforts to provide unwavering support for the most vulnerable affected by the fighting.

Above all, what they need the most is peace.