His out -of -competition entry was fed by an “tidal wave of emotion,” said the director general of the United Nations Agency Masahiko Metoki.

Postal service, officially known as Universal Postal Union (UNU), organized the competition in partnership with the International Maritime Organization (OMI) and the educational, scientific and cultural organization of the United Nations (Unesco).

The competition – now in its 54^th Year-invited young people aged-15 to reflect on the need to protect seas and oceans under the theme, Imagine that you are the ocean, in collaboration with the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference.

The competition aims to raise awareness of sustainability, marine conservation and the interconnection of ecosystems in the world, underlines UPU.

Heal the ocean, heal yourself

“” You should remember that when I become sick, the rain forgets its rhythm, the rivers flow hollow and the wind begins to wear sorrow instead of the seeds. When you heal the ocean, you start to heal yourself. So come back to me, like a child who returns to their motherShe writes.

Second place was awarded to Phạm đoàn Minh Khuê, 16, from Viet Nam, whose letter has attracted a renowned director to create a film highlighting the critical state of the ocean.

Third place went to Kanlanfe Ingrid Ouali, 13, from Burkina Faso, honored with the bronze medal for his letter where the ocean reminds us that the survival and prosperity of humanity are inseparably linked to his.

Inspiring young voices

“The real power lies not only in what we say, but in what we do,” said Dr. Matheickal, director of the Technical Division of Cooperation and Implementation at IMO.

“I also want to remind everyone of the ocean protection to everyone also concerns people, on inclusion, diversity and equity. Everyone’s voice counts. The dream of each child counts.

“And together, we can build a world where the oceans are clean, the communities are safe and hope is not a wish, but a plan,” said Dr. Matheickal.

Ms. Demiriz closes her letter with the words: “Remember that I aspire to carry your joy, to reflect your wonder.

“Do not take care of me not as a chore, but as an act of love. And I’m going to give you more than you could never take; more beauty, more oxygen, more life… ”

Her passionate words leave readers with a sincere reminder of the sustainable generosity of the ocean, and the responsibility of humanity is preparing to protect it.

Read the complete letter from Reyyan Demiriz here.

Strikes intervene in the midst of an Israeli offensive in progress in Gaza and continuous violations of Security advice Resolution 1701 by Israeli forces and Hezbollah activists. The latest agreement to cease hostilities between the two parties was signed last November.

Since its creation, Unifil played an important role in the progress of peace and security in southern Lebanon.

The mission’s “peacekeepers” are mandated to help the parties in the conflict in their implementation ofResolution 1701This ended hostilities between Israeli forces and Hezbollah in 2006.

Call on de -escalation

“” We, once again, urge the parties to abstain from any activity which can compromise the cessation of hostilities and we remain determined to support the parties To implement the resolution of the Security Council 1701, “UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Friday at a press briefing.

In his statement On Friday, Unifil said that Israeli strikes “put the fragile stability that has been built since November of last year at risk” and that they “undergo civil confidence that a non -violent solution” is possible.

Last November, the UN had welcomed The ceasefire agreement concluded between the two parties.

The declaration reiterated that Unifil and the Lebanese army are trying to restore stability in the south and along the 120 km “blue line” between south of Lebanon and northern Israel.

“The nours of peace and civilians in danger”

According to the press release, the peace plans stationed in Deir Kifa, near Burj Qalawieh, in the south, moved to security shelters, follow the strikes on Thursday evening. “Strikes have brought the lives of Lebanese soldiers, United Nations and civilian peacekeepers in danger.”

“We call on the Israeli defense forces to refrain from any other strike and to fully withdraw from the Lebanese territory,” wrote Unifil. “We also call on all sides to avoid new violations or climbing actions.”

The mission stressed that “climbing continues puts the harshly disputed progress that the parties have made to restore stability in danger”.

The United Nations peacekeepers continue to observe the ASAHL’s activities in the field of operation of the mission, Dujarric told journalists during the regular noon briefing.

They found a terrestrial mine and other unplodced devices, while separately, a unifil patrol found an unclear cache of weapons and reported it to the Lebanese armed forces, he said.

Unifil was created in 1978 to confirm the withdrawal of Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. Since the adoption of resolution 1701, Unifil has also been monitoring the cessation of hostilities and has extended aid to ensure humanitarian access, among other responsibilities.

The resolution was adopted with 145 in favor, five against (Israel, Nauru, Palaos, Paraguay and United States) and six abstentions (Albania, Fiji, Hungary, North of Macedonia, Panama and Papua Nouvelle-Guinée).

He defines procedures for the delivery of pre -recorded declarations, authorizing President Abbas to submit his address by video in the room of the General Assembly, introduced by one of the Palestine representatives in New York.

The measure also allows declarations via a live link or a pre-recorded video at the high-level conference which takes place on the solution to two states and other high-level meetings.

The arrangements only apply to the current 80th session.

In another action, the 193 -members Assembly adopted Saudie’s decision -making, allowing the Saudi Crown Prince and the Prime Minister, Mohammed Bin Salman, to deliver a video or message pre -recorded during the high -level conference on September 22, 2025.

The United States Department of State announced on August 29 that it refused and revoked the visas of members of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority on national security reasons, declaring that they had not respected the commitments made and “to undermine the prospects for peace”.

The text, deposited by the President of the Council – the Republic of Korea – received only four votes in favor of Russia, China, Algeria and Pakistan, Do not secure the nine required for adoption.

Denmark, France, Greece, Panama, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Somalia, the United Kingdom and the United States voted against. The Guyana and the Republic of Korea abstained.

If it had been adopted, the resolution would have ended the sanctions of the UN imposed on Iran before 2015 Complete full action plan (or JCPOA), thus preserving the repair of the sanctions provided in Tehran under the agreement.

Terms of “snapback”

Resolution 2231, which approved JCPOA in July 2015, established the process by which the UN sanctions would be lifted, while establishing a mechanism to reimpose them in the event of “significant non-performance” by one of its participants-China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States, the European Union (EU) and Iran.

Under paragraph 11, if one of the signatories informs the council of a major violation, the chairman of the council must, within 30 days, put a draft resolution to the vote for the repair of the sanctions.

If the project is not adopted, previous UN sanctions are automatically replicated, which means that Unless the council votes explicitly to maintain the sanctions in place, previous UN sanctions are automatically restored.

Heated discussions

At the start of Friday’s meeting, Russia raised an order point, rejecting European pretension to trigger the Snapback mechanism.

Russian ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said there were no legal, political or procedural reasons to authorize the “snapback” mechanism or vote on the draft resolution, and accused France, Germany and the United Kingdom of acting outside the resolution 2231 and the JCPOA.

He said the three had not followed the dispute settlement mechanism and rather imposed unilateral sanctions against Iran, which he described as “illegal”.

“The attempts on the part of European countries to present the situation as if they had the right to activate the punitive provisions of previous resolutions, while they did not fulfill their own obligations … cannot hold water,” said ambassador Nebenzia.

China has also urged caution.

The FU Cong ambassador said “major differences” existed between the members of the Snapback council and warns that a precipitated vote could “exacerbate the confrontation of the state”, complicating efforts to solve the problem diplomatically.

The British ambassador Barbara Woodward A, declaring that the decision of the E3 (the European participants of the JCPOA) to invoke Snapback was “entirely legal, justified, wide and coherent with the requirements of resolution 2231”.

She cited the notification of August 28, 2025 submitted by France, Germany and the United Kingdom: “All that is necessary to trigger Snapback is … A notification by a participating state of the JCPOA of a problem which, according to him, constitutes a significant non-performance of the commitments under the JCPOA”, she declared.

France spoke before the vote, citing the growing nuclear program of Iran and its reduced cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (Aiea).

Ambassador Jérôme Bonnafont said that Iran had accumulated far highest enriched uranium stocks than the limit set by the agreement and the limited access of the IAEA to key installations.

He called the Snapback mechanism necessary to preserve international peace and security, and the integrity of the global non-proliferation regime.

The images of the strike site show a mutilated metal roof which provided coverage to the faithful; This occurs while the paramilitary forces of rapid support – or the RSF – continue to take control of El Fasher, while they are fighting against the forces of the military government.

The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Denise Brown, published a statement Saying that she was seriously alarmed by the strike of the besieged capital of the state of Darfur du Nord.

Call for responsibility

“” International humanitarian law requires the protection of mosques and civilians adored in them“She said.

“” It is also a war crime to attacks intentionally directed against buildings dedicated to religion. This attack, which would have been carried out by rapid support forces, must be studied and the perpetrators held responsible. »»

UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric reiterated the long-standing call to “an immediate cessation of fire in and around El Fasher”, adding that access to humanitarian access for “staff and supplies must be facilitated so that we reach those who needed it”.

Civilian dead watch

In related development, the United Nations Human Rights Office, Ohchrwarned that there had been a sharp increase in civilian murders, including summary executions, as well as growing ethnic violence in Sudan.

Several major offensives were particularly deadly, including an attack in April from the RSF on El Fasher besieged and elsewhere in the north of Darfur which left at least 527 dead, and air strikes in March by the Sudanese armed forces on the Torah market in the north of Darfur who killed at least 350 civilians, including 13 members of a family.

The situation in El Fasher is disastrous and aggravated, said Li Fung of Ohchr, who said that reports are pursuing civilians killed, kidnapped or subject to sexual violence while fleeing the city.

“There are no sure outings outside the city, and civilians are trapped in a situation of impossible choice: stay in El Fasher and risk bombing, famine and atrocities if the RSF invades the city; Or run away, and risk the risk of summary execution, sexual violence and abduction. “

The Sudan War began in April 2023 when the peaceful transition to civil domination broke down and the fighting broke out between the former allies who became fatal rivals.

Since then, no cease-fire has been played by any of the parties at war, noted the UN partner, the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC.

Call for diplomacy in New York

He appealed to world leaders preparing to meet at the UN in New York for the United Nations General Assembly from next week to agree on the means of alleviating the suffering of the Sudanese people, who are confronted with famine and a massive humanitarian disaster.

The regional CICR director for Africa, Patrick Youssef, urged “a coalition of states” to work on “alternatives or incentives” in war including the creation of safe humanitarian corridors.

Over the past two years, more than 20 workers from the Sudanese Red Crescent have been killed, reflecting “the disastrous situation of the humanitarian workers trying to cross each first line in Sudan,” Youssef told journalists in Geneva.

The call occurs one day after the “armed individuals” stole four Unicef Trucks carrying ready to use therapeutic foods had desperately needed (Rutf).

The incident occurred outside its complex in the city of Gaza, where an Israeli military offensive increases.

Nearly 3,000 children had an impact

“Individuals requisitioned drivers at Gun Point and diverted the Rutf before freeing drivers and trucks,” said the agency a declaration.

“” This theft denied at least 2,700 children seriously and seriously ill -nourished by Rutf Vital – Vital supplies at a time when famine has been declared in northern Gaza and the current military operation creates additional displacement and adds to the devastating impact on children. »»

UNICEF has urged Gaza to respect and protect humanitarian aid and maintain international humanitarian law.

“” Children wear the heaviest burden“, According to the press release.

“In the end, a sustainable ceasefire is essential to create an environment where such incidents no longer occur, and help can reach those who need it most-safely, quickly and efficiently.”

More to follow …