The deal was announced on Monday by Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, current chairman of the Southeast Asian Block ASEAN, and was to take effect at the local time.
The clashes that began on July 24 were allegedly expelled more than 130,000 people in Thailand and over 4,000 in Cambodia, UN Aid Partners said last week.
Nearly 40 people were killed and about 200 wounded, according to media reports quoting Thai and Cambodian sources
The UN Security Council met behind closed doors on Friday afternoon to discuss the crisis that goes back decades.
‘A positive step’
The Secretary -General paid tribute to the ceasefire “as a positive step towards ending the current hostilities and facilitating tension,” UN spokesman Farhan Haq said in a statement.
The UN Chief called on both countries to fully respect the agreement and create an environment that is conducive to tackling long -term problems and achieving lasting peace.
He praised Malaysia, the current ASEAN chairman, as well as the US and China, for their dedicated efforts to the peaceful solution of the situation.
Media reports said Prime Minister Ibrahim of Malaysia mediated conversations between the pages of his official residence near the country’s capital, Kuala Lumpur.
The statement was concluded by emphasizing that the UN is ready to support the effort aimed at promoting peace and stability in the region.
Ukraine: 20 dead and 120 wounded in weekend attack
Since Friday, at least 20 people were killed and another 120 wounded in Ukraine when attacks continued to destroy the country, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Monday.
The most serious attacks took place in the Sumy region, where a civilian bus was hit, killing three women over the age of 65 and wounding 19 more. Sumy also experienced power cuts as a result of the attacks.
These attacks come in the midst of a three-year-old height of civilian losses, with 6,574 killed in the first half of 2025 and 5,000 long-haul immalition launched by Russia alone in July.
Civilian structures damaged
Housing buildings, shops and schools were hit over the border area over the weekend and injured structures that civilians are dependent on for their livelihood. A Kharkiv hospital was also hit on Friday, said the World Health Organization (WHO).
To support families and people influenced by the attacks, assistance staff provided assistance in the form of house lym materials and psychosocial support. They also helped with repairs of some structures.
“Help workers continue to coordinate with local organizations to support the most vulnerable people in the Sumy region,” UN spokesman Farhan Haq told journalists at the New York headquarters.
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FN Health Agency calls for urgent action on hepatitis
The World Health Organization (WHO) calls on governments and partners to intensify the efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat and reduce liver cancer deaths.
The UN Agency released the appeal on Monday, the world’s hepatitis day.
“Every 30 seconds someone dies from a hepatitis-related serious liver disease or liver cancer. Still, we have the tools to stop hepatitis,” said who Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Viral hepatitis – types A, B, C, D and E – are the main causes of acute liver infections, but only hepatitis B, C and D can lead to chronic illness, increasing the risk of cirrhosis, liver failure and liver cancer.
However, most people with hepatitis are not aware that they are infected. Types B, C and D affect over 300 million people globally, causing more than 1.3 million deaths each year, mainly from liver cirrhosis and cancer.
Break down barriers
World Hepatitis -Day is observed annually on July 28. This year’s theme, Let’s break down itcalls for rushing actions to dismantle the economic, social and systemic barriers that stand in the way of eliminating hepatitis and liver cancer prevention.
Last month, the International Agency for Research in Cancer (IARC) – a specialized branch of WHO – classified hepatitis D as a human carcinogen along with types B and C and CS
Hepatitis D, which only develops in people who are already infected with hepatitis B, increases the risk of liver cancer two to six times compared to hepatitis B alone.
Who said the reclassification of the disease “marks a critical step in global efforts to raise awareness, improve screening and expand access to new treatments for hepatitis D.”
Oral treatment can cure hepatitis C in two to three months and effectively suppress hepatitis B with lifelong therapy, the agency said.
Although treatment options for hepatitis D continue to develop will reduce the occurrence of cirrhosis and liver cancer only occurs with significant expansion and elaboration of vaccination, testing and treatment programs.
