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2025 marks the 10th anniversary of one of the most significant resolutions on youth and peace ever adopted by the UN Security Council.
Resolution 2250 led to widespread changes in the ways that the voices of young people are not just heard but also incorporated into peace plans and policies.
In this episode of our flagship podcast, The Lid is On, Conor Lennon speaks to some of the young leaders who were at UN Headquarters this month to celebrate the progress made so far, and reflect on what more needs to be done.
Audio: Conor Lennon
Photo: UN News/ Conor Lennon
Music: Ketsa

Young leaders expand the circles of peace

Headlines for December 19, 2025; Doctors in Jail? Hospitals Stripped of Fed Funding? The Criminalization of Trans Youth Healthcare; Kilmar Ábrego García Reunites with Family, But Trump Admin Threatens to Jail & Deport Him Again; “Terror & Fear”: Trump Moves to Denaturalize Citizens, End Birthright Citizenship, Halt Visa Lottery

Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

Democracy Now! Friday, December 19, 2025

•  Sudan war: Kordofan’s El-Obeid ‘one or two steps’ away from being attacked - IOM 
•  Gaza: Famine is averted but a third child dies of hypothermia - UNICEF 
•  DR Congo crisis: Victims of flare-up in eastern regions risk lives to reach safety, says UNHCR 

Audio credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News

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UN News Today 19 December 2025 - Gaza hunger update, Sudan war, DR Congo crisis

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has resumed emergency food assistance in Uvira's South Kivu in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, it said on Friday. 
Nearly 28,000 people are now receiving high energy biscuits that are ready to eat and vital for families fleeing violance and who are unable to cook. 
"We have now more than 500,000 people that have been displaced by the recent conflict in the South Kivu," said the agency's Myrline Sanogo Mathieu. "WFP is on the ground providing the most needed emergency food assistance to those people that have been displaced. However, thousands more need this assistance."
To help support this effort, WFP urgently needs $250 million for the next six months, Ms. Sanogo Mathieu told UN News.

WFP DRCongo MyrlineSanogoMathieu

For the second time since its launch in 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Summit on Traditional Medicine took place in India, bringing attention to the role of natural and cultural remedies around the world, as well as the science behind them. 

On the sidelines of the summit in New Delhi, UN News’s Anshu Sharma spoke with Sung Chol Kim of WHO’s Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine unit, about advances in the field.

Mr. Kim outlined what traditional medicine is, the WHO’s role in advancing evidence-based traditional medicine, and the progress made so far.

He also explained how traditional medicine differs from biomedicine. Its focus on prevention is just one of those ways.  

Audio Credit: Anshu Sharma, UN News
Audio Duration: 10'29"
Photo Credit: © UN News/Gurpreet Kaur

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‘Traditional medicine is the cultural heritage of every nation,’ WHO official says at global summit

Headlines for December 22, 2025; “Who Are They Protecting?”: Rep. Ro Khanna Urges Contempt Charges over AG Bondi’s Epstein Redactions; Rep. Ro Khanna on Venezuela Strikes, Zohran Mamdani, Trump-Kennedy Center & More; Israel Approves 19 New West Bank Settlements as State-Sponsored Violence Escalates; “Destroying Knowledge”: Michael Mann on Trump’s Dismantling of Key Climate Center in Colorado

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Democracy Now! Monday, December 22, 2025

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Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

Democracy Now! Tuesday, December 23, 2025

• Myanmar: UN rights chief warns of pre-election violence and repression 
• DR Congo: WFP aims to reach thousands displaced by South Kivu violence 
• Humanitarian funding cuts impact drought response in Somalia 

Audio credit: Dianne Penn, UN News

UN News Today 23 December 2025 - Myanmar, DR Congo, humanitarian funding cuts in Somalia

Europe’s influenza season has arrived earlier than expected this year, raising concerns about pressure on health systems as respiratory illnesses circulate during the winter months.  

While the surge has prompted questions about vaccine effectiveness and vulnerable groups, health experts say the situation remains manageable – if people take the right precautions.  

Speaking with UN News’s Vibhu Mishra, Marc-Alain Widdowson, who leads pandemic threat and communicable disease work at the World Health Organization’s European Regional Office, explains what’s driving this year’s flu season, who is most at risk, and why it’s still not too late to get vaccinated. 

Audio credit: Vibhu Mishra, UN News

Why Europe’s flu season started early – and why vaccination still matters

More than two years into the conflict, Sudan is facing one of the world’s most serious and complex health emergencies, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). 

The fighting, which began in April 2023, has forced millions of people from their homes, deepened hunger and left much of the country’s health system barely functioning, said Dr Shible Sahbani, WHO Representative in Sudan, in an interview with UN News.  

Disease outbreaks are spreading as access to health care continues to shrink. Cholera, dengue and malaria are widespread, while measles and polio are re-emerging as routine immunisation coverage falls to record lows. 

Speaking to UN News’s Abdelmonem Makki, Dr Sahbani stressed the urgent need for sustained funding, safe humanitarian access and protection for health workers and facilities, as attacks on health care continue. Above all, he appealed to the international community not to forget Sudan. 

Audio credit: Abdelmonem Makki, UN News

Sudan’s war drives worsening health emergency, WHO warns

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