The new joint report, Climate change and thermal stress at workUnderlines the risks of assembly because climate change feeds, more extreme and more frequent.

Stressing that workers in agriculture, construction and fisheries are already suffering from the impacts of dangerous temperatures, the report stresses that vulnerable groups in developing countries – including children, the elderly and low -income communities – are faced with growing dangers.

“” Thermal stress already harms the health and livelihoods of billions of workers, especially in the most vulnerable communitiesSaid Dr. Jeremy Farrar, WHO Deputy Managing Director for Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Care.

“” This new management offers practical solutions based on evidence to protect livesReduce inequalities and build more resilient workforce in a world of warming, “he added.

Based on five decades of research, the report underlines how the increase in temperatures reaches health and productivity.

Wmo confirmed that 2024 was the hottest year ever recordedto 1.55 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures, and With diurnal vertices greater than 40 ° C becoming common currency – and in certain regions, even exceeding 50 ° C.

“” Professional thermal stress has become a global societal challengewhich is no longer limited to countries located near Ecuador – as the recent heat wave in Europe points out, “said Ko Barrett, deputy secretary general of the WMO.” The protection of workers against extreme heat is Not just an imperative of health but an economic necessity. “”

Alarming results

The report details how extreme heat reshapes the world of work. He notes that workers’ productivity decreases from 2 to 3% for each degree greater than 20 ° C.

The consequences on health are large -scale, including heat strokes, dehydration, kidney dysfunctions and neurological disorders. Overall, almost half of the world’s population is now experiencing negative effects at high temperatures.

Way to go

Call on urgent professional heat action plans adapted to industries and regions, WHOs and OMM’s advice include several recommendations:

• Develop targeted professional thermal health policies depending on local weather and labor vulnerabilities.
• Prioritize protections for middle and older workers, people with chronic health problems and people with a lower physical form.
• Train health professionals, employers and workers to recognize and treat thermal stress, which is often poorly diagnosed.
• Involve workers, unions and local authorities to shape thermal health strategies.
• Promote affordable, sustainable and scalable solutions, alongside innovation and new technologies.
• Strengthen research and monitoring to ensure that measures remain effective.

Directives are based on the International Labor Organization (Ilo) Results that More than 2.4 billion workers are exposed to excessive heat worldwide, resulting in more than 22.85 million professional injuries each year.

“Critical step”

“This report represents an essential step in our collective response to the growing threat of extreme heat in the world of work,” said Joaquim Pintado Nunes, ILO head of safety and professional health and health.

“Assistant to the ILO’s mandate to promote safe and healthy work environments as a fundamental right, it offers robust advice and based on evidence to help governments, employers and workers to face the growing risks of climate change.”

A call to action

The two United Nations agencies point out that the fight against thermal stress is at the heart of the safeguarding of lives, livelihoods and economies. Advice support the UN Sustainable development objectives (ODD), urging decisive action to protect vulnerable workers, reduce poverty and promote sustainable growth.

Urgent and coordinated action is no longer optional – it is essential, indicates the report.

It brings together more than 160 countries and organizations – a testimony to Japan’s lasting commitment to global dialogue and cooperation, said Secretary General António Guterres.

“” Japan has helped shape some of the most important multilateral achievements of our time“He added, congratulating Japan for choosing peace and international cooperation after defeat at the end of the Second World War.

A tireless defender of nuclear disarmament, a generous contributor to peace, and an unshakable champion of human security, Japan has helped lead since he joined the United Nations almost 70 years ago.

Commitment to cooperation

“” The moral of the history of the United Nations is simple: humanity is the strongest when we stand like a“Said Mr. Guterres.

“Although many may not realize it, the United Nations affects our lives every day,” he said, noting that The UN provides food assistance to more than 150 million people, provides vaccines to 45% of children in the world and supports elections in around fifty countries.

From land mines to biodiversity, from women’s rights to refugees, press freedom to access drinking water, the UN supports a vast global system of conventions and treaties – while its charter is the pillar of international law.

“The reform is crucial”

But today, as the multilateral project of nations working together for a common goal is disputed, it must adapt.

Of the composition of Security advice With unjust and unjust international financial systems, the reform is crucial.

Since the leaders adopted the Pact for the future in 2024, a plan to make multilateralism more effective, Mr. Guterres also launched the initiative of the UN80 to help guarantee that the 80th anniversary of the UN is not only a moment of reflection, but a renewal catalyst.

“These are moments of danger. But these are also times of deep opportunity and obligation, “said the secretary general.

Hannah Tetteh, who also directs the United Nations Mission in Libya (Little vintage), informed the ambassadors following the elections of the municipal council last week and described a roadmap proposed in the general elections, which should have been retained in 2021.

“” The Libyan people turn to this estimated council for help, in order to ensure a solution to the crisis and to support a political process which will result in unified elections and institutions not a succession of transitional governments ”, it said.

Voting and disturbances

Almost 15 years after the fall of former president Muammar Gaddafi, Libya remains divided between two rival administrations: the internationally recognized government of national unity, located in the western capital of Tripoli, and the rival government of national stability based in Benghazi in the east.

Last Saturday, 26 municipalities successfully held elections despite significant challenges. Ms. Tetteh congratulated the electoral management body Hnec and urged all the candidates to accept the results.

She regretted that all the municipalities that were to participate could not do so, with The Eastern Government gives instructions to suspend electoral processes in 16 municipalities. In addition, the voting equipment has been removed from the region and southern centers.

The efforts to disrupt the vote also took place in certain municipalities in the WestWhere Hnec’s offices in three cities were burnt down or attacked, although the vote took front in two of them.

‘A clear signal’

“At the end of the election day, the participation rate was 71%. It is a clear signal that the Libyan people aspire to elect their representatives. In some regions, it was the first time that all elections have been performing since 2014, “she said.

However, the suspension of elections in the East and to the South “is an equally clear sign that not all of them are determined to support the democratic development of Libya and there is a Urgent need for reset In the political process, ”she added.

In February, USNIML created an advisory committee to provide recommendations to resolve unanswered problems that prevented the national elections.

A report was presented in May and the mission organized nationale consultations on results. He also conducted an online survey so that people share their opinions on the recommendations, with more than 22,500 answers.

“” The message we have clearly received was the desire to stop the cycles of repeated transition periods; preserve and strengthen the unity of the country and its institutions; as well as to renew their legitimacy through presidential and legislative elections; And put an end to what was frequently referenced as a foreign interference, ”Tetteh told council.

Roadmap in the elections

Based on the advisory committee recommendations, comments from the population and lessons learned from the failure to hold elections in 2021: “We are convinced that the political process should Focus on the guarantee of general elections and the unification of institutions through a sequenced approach“She said.

Ms. Tetteh proposed a roadmap built around three main pillars: the implementation of a “technically healthy and politically viable electoral framework” to hold the elections; Unify institutions through a new unified government and a structured dialogue to solve critical problems in order to create an environment conducive to the ballot box.

She estimated that it would take 12 to 18 months to finish the roadmap, which will end in the general elections and several “sequential stages”, in particular the improvement of HNEC capacity as well as the modification of legal and constitutional frameworks to organize complete – legislative and presidential elections.

“Following these two previous stages-which could be concluded over the next two months if there was the political will to do so-there should be an agreement on a new unified government, capable of creating an environment conducive to credible elections while effectively managing the functions of key governance,” she said.

Safety problems

Ms. Tetteh reported developments on other fronts, including the volatile security situation, with increasing militarization of all parties.

She noted that the situation in Tripoli remains very worrying, following the clashes in May. While a fragile truce is held, violations have occurred, although no escalation.

Unsmil has also documented 20 deaths in detention since March 2024, including political activist Abdel Munim Al-Maremi, who died last month in Tripoli, shortly after a liberation order was issued.

“These cases are the latest examples of a widespread and persistent model of serious violations perpetrated across the country with impunity, including against migrants and refugees, in certain cases supplied by disinformation and hate discourse,” she said.

Ms. Tetteh was also alarmed by the forced return of migrants to conflict zones, including Sudan. She noted that Sudanese Kufra refugees go beyond the number of residents, urging donors to intensify support.

UN Secretary General António Guterres said the results of Integrated food security classification analysis (IPC) were not a mystery: “It is an artificial disaster, a moral act-and a failure of humanity itself.

“Famine does not concern food; it is the deliberate systems necessary for human survival. »»

Famine’s conditions should spread from the governor of Gaza to Deir Al Balah and Khan Younis Governorats in the coming weeks, IPC said.

The United Nations agencies have collectively and coherent the extreme urgency of providing immediate and large -scale humanitarian aid given the climbing of death -related deaths, quickly aggravating acute malnutrition levels and fall in food consumption in Gaza – with hundreds of thousands of days without everything to eat.

Israel’s obligations

“As a power of occupation, Israel has unequivocal obligations under international law – including the duty to ensure food and medical supplies of the population“Said the United Nations chief, reacting to the Famine Declaration of IPC, which is approved by dozens of governments, United Nations agencies and NGOs as the main measure based on proofs of food insecurity and malnutrition.

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Mr. Guterres said The denial of Israel of his functions could not be allowed to continue: “More apologies. The action time is not tomorrow – it’s now. ”

Silence the pistols, release the hostages

The United Nations agencies operating in Gaza joined the United Nations chief to request an immediate cease-fire to finally allow a large-scale humanitarian response without hindrance and the immediate release of all the hostages taken by Hamas and other activists during terrorist attacks on October 7, 2023.

The agencies have also expressed serious concerns about the threat of the intensification of the military offensive on the city of Gaza and any new climbing in the conflict, as this would have already had devastating consequences for civilians where the famine conditions already exist.

“Many people-especially sick and poorly fed children, the elderly and people with disabilities-may be unable to evacuate,” they said In a joint declaration.

Famine takes place to develop

At the end of September, more than 640,000 people will face “catastrophic” levels of food insecurity – classified as IPC Phase 5 – through the Gaza Strip.

1.14 million additional people in the enclave will be in phase 4 with 396,000 other people confronted with phase 3 crisis conditions.

The conditions in the north of Gaza are as serious – or worse – as in the city of Gaza. However, the limited data prevented an IPC classification, highlighting the urgent need for access.

The classification of famine means that the most extreme category is triggered when three critical thresholds – extreme food deprivation, acute malnutrition and death -related deaths – have been violated. The latest analysis now claims on the basis of reasonable evidence that these criteria have been met, the United Nations agencies said.

Friday, informed journalists at the UN headquarters in Geneva, the United Nations Emergency Rescue Coordinator Tom Fletcher, said that it was a famine that could have been prevented “if we had been authorized”.

Famine in a fertile land

“However, food accumulates at the borders due to a systematic obstruction of Israel. It is a famine a few hundred meters of food, in a fertile land.

This is a famine that we have warned several times-but that the international media have not been allowed to cover, to testify, “he added.

“It is a famine in 2025. A famine of the 21st century monitored by drones and the most advanced military technology in history. It is a famine openly promoted by certain Israeli leaders as a war. “”

On a larger scale, Mr. Fletcher said it was “Famine in the world. It is a famine that asks “but what did you do?” A famine that will haunt us all. »»

Malnutrition in children in Gaza accelerates “at a catastrophic pace”, said the United Nations agencies, which note that in July only, more than 12,000 children were identified as intensively – the highest monthly figure ever recorded and an increase of six times since the start of the year.

First famine of the Middle East

Since the Latest IPC analysis in MayThe number of children who should be at risk of severe death by malnutrition by the end of June 2026 is tripled from 14,100 to 43,400.

The new evaluation reports the most severe deterioration since the IPC began to analyze acute food insecurity and acute malnutrition in the Gaza Strip, and It marks the first time that a famine has been officially confirmed in the Middle East region.

Since July, food supplies and aid entering Gaza have increased slightly but have remained largely insufficient, incoherent and inaccessible to the need.

Meanwhile, approximately 98% of land cultivated in the territory are damaged Or inaccessible – decimate the agricultural sector and local food production – and nine of the ten people were moved in series of houses.

This year marks the eighth commemoration of the International day of memory and tribute to the victims of terrorism. It is used to honor victims and survivors, to raise their voices, to raise awareness and to highlight global solidarity.

“This international day is not only that of memory; It is a reaffirmation of our collective commitment to maintain the rights, dignity and votes of victims everywhere, ”said Vladimir Voronkov, Head of the United Nations Terrorism Bureau (UNOCT) During the remarks of high -level commemoration.

Don’t forget and pay homage

“We pay tribute to those whose life has been stolen by terrorism, and we are united with those who continue to live with pain, loss and trauma,” he added.

The event presented testimonies from survivors and parents of those who killed: “Support should not be a privilege; It is a right. And international solidarity must be equaled by action, “he said.

United by Hope

“I could no longer continue to hide my pain, I chose to transform it as a goal,” Khalifah Mwarangi said, whose father was killed in a terrorist attack in Kenya in November 2014.

Last April, UNOCT spear The network of victims of terrorism associations (Votan), a global initiative which reflects a powerful truth: the victims of terrorism should not be considered as passive subjects of compassion and support.

The voices of the survivors “are an integral part of the development of policy and the conduct of changes to prevent similar attacks,” said Voronkov.

“While terror is trying to separate us, meeting while the victims strengthen force,” said Nanda Daniel, a survivor of the 2004 attack on the Australia Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia.