O presidente do Conselho Europeu, António Costa, discursou na cerimónia de alto nível do Fórum Social Porto, no Porto (Portugal), a 19 de setembro de 2025.
Israeli air strikes south of Lebanon violates the United Nations resolution
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.
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A support video address Abbas after a refusal of American visa
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”.
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The United Nations Security Council rejects the attempt to continue the sanctions of Iran
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.
The members of the Security Council vote on the draft resolution.
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.
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Sudan crisis: Surge in summary of the executions by all the parties at war
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.
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UNICEF help trucks stolen under the threat of a firearm in Gaza City
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 …
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Gaza City lifelines collapsing, UN aid agency warns
The warning comes as the head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA renewed his call for foreign journalists to be allowed into the Gaza Strip to counter the “information war”, which includes denial that famine has taken root and is spreading.
On Gaza City, OCHA reported that in just five days, 11 UNRWA premises serving as emergency shelters for about 11,000 people there have been damaged after taking direct or indirect hits.
Displacement on the rise
More than one million people across the Strip have been displaced since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas collapsed in mid-March, the agency said.
Numbers are rising fast, with some 200,000 displacements recorded from northern to southern Gaza over the past month alone, including 56,000 since Sunday.
Despite heavy restrictions, the UN and partners are doing everything possible to reach people across the devastated enclave with life-saving support.
Hot meals and malnutrition treatment
Humanitarians collected over 12,500 metric tonnes of wheat flour, food parcels and bulk supplies from the Israeli-controlled crossings during the first half of this month.
They also served nearly 560,000 meals daily through 116 kitchens and provided 10,000 loaves of bread to people moving to the south.
Teams have continued to screen children for malnutrition and enrol them for treatment.
UN children’s agency UNICEF dispatched over 200,000 packs of nutrient-rich baby food to aid partners, enough to support over 63,000 infants and young children for two weeks.
Furthermore, UNICEF provided 10,000 boxes of high-energy biscuits, enough to assist more than 10,000 acutely malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding women for a month.
Healthcare supplies
To address the healthcare crisis, nearly 900 pallets of essential medical supplies were collected from crossings between Gaza and Israel and are being delivered to health facilities.
Teams also dispatched 120 intensive care unit (ICU) and emergency beds, as well as four anaesthesia machines, to Al Aqsa hospital in Deir Al-Balah.
Humanitarians have also supported desalination efforts and trucked water across all parts of the Gaza Strip. This is in addition to scaling up solid waste collection and the safe disposal of some 1,300 cubic metres of trash daily and distributing items such as 1,000 hygiene kits.
Support for the starving, ‘systematically blocked’
OCHA again repeated its message that the aid currently reaching people falls far short of the immense needs.
“Opportunities to support starving people are being systematically blocked. Every week, new restrictions are imposed,” the agency said.
For example, Zikim crossing – the only one that goes directly from Israel to the north, where famine has been confirmed – has been shut since the weekend.
“Israeli authorities have also classified some food items, such as peanut butter, as ‘luxuries’ not allowed in, leaving large amounts of already-procured aid stuck outside Gaza. On top of this, inspection rules vary by route, creating unpredictability and needless delays.”
Humanitarian movements inside Gaza are also being blocked. On Wednesday, Israel denied three of 14 confirmed movements, two of which were to bring food to the north.
Media and disinformation ‘battleground’
Also on Thursday, UNRWA Commissioner-General Phillipe Lazzarini issued a fresh call for international media to be allowed into the Gaza Strip which “has been the battleground of a fierce and rampant information war.”
Posting on X, he said “dis-information continues to be used as a tool to distract from the atrocities in the war-torn enclave.”
He said UNRWA was the first target, followed by other UN agencies, the media and health institutions, while “the recent denial of famine in Gaza as well as of the conclusions of the UN commission of inquiry released this week are the latest examples.”
The aim is to both undermine assessments and analysis by experts and promote narratives denying atrocities and dehumanizing Palestinians.
“Meanwhile, the heroic work of Palestinian journalists continues against all odds as the Israeli military operations expand,” he said.
“It’s time to let international journalists into Gaza to support their Palestinian colleagues before their voices are also silenced. Time to report independently on events.”
Afghanistan Quake: Rescuers dodge dangers, women and girls are faced with a disaster, warns the UN
“While major aftershocks have passed or mainly passed, Women in affected areas face a long -term disaster without more urgent assistanceSaid Susan Ferguson, United Nations Special representative in Afghanistan.
A saving woman supported by the United Nations agency described “Balage” along the mountains, “dodging the rocks that fall every time there was a replica”Ferguson told journalists in Geneva. “Another woman who joined these teams, once again with our support,” said that there was no other channel for women to share their needs and their concerns because they are linked to talking to men. »»
Run away with nothing
In addition to two weeks since an earthquake of shallow shameless magnitude hit eastern AfghanistanRescuers have fought extremely difficult grounds – often on foot – to reach the most remote communities in the province of Kunar.
At least 2,200 people were killed while houses built on steep hills collapsed on each other when the earthquake occurred around midnight on August 31.
After meeting surviving women living in a basic tent in the Chawkay district in the central province of Kunar, Ms. Ferguson said it was clear that they would soon need a stronger shelter, while temperatures were starting to drop.
“” These women had fled their village in the middle of the night when the earthquake struck, walking for hours to find a temporary shelter“She said.
“They told me that they had lost their loved ones, many still buried in the rubble. They lost their house; They have lost their livelihoods and their source of income. As a woman said to me, “Now we have nothing. »»
Prohibition of workers
The humanitarian response to the disaster was hampered by Taliban leaders Prohibit staff members and Afghan entrepreneurs from entering the UN compounds in the capitalKabul, in force since September 7.
“The ban has an impact on us because our female staff are not allowed to come to the office to work,” said the representative of UN women.
“However, women and women staff in humanitarian response are still able to operate in the sites affected by the earthquake. And this is really essential and was actually recognized as essential. ”
Women and girls represented more than half of people killed and injured during the disaster. They also represent 60% of missing people, while many survivors live in tents or outdoors, as evidenced by the United Nations evaluation teams.
Cultural abyss
Providing health care to tragedy survivors remains a priority – as is the sufficient research of women to do this work, in accordance with culturally accepted practices. “What I have heard of health workers and certain women was that there was a particular area in the area affected by the earthquake where there were cultural norms which meant that The women themselves did not want men to touch them and that men did not want to touch women either while they were trying to save them“Said Ms. Ferguson.
The destruction of basic infrastructure has increased the threat of violence against women and girls when they are forced to walk further in search of a bathroom or bringing water, exposing them to the risk of violence and terrestrial mines.
“In daily life, in this cultural context, these women are already faced with a difficult battle every day to survive and support their families,” said Ferguson. “Now, in disturbance and chaos after the earthquake, these women will exponentially find more difficult to feed their children and find a safe place to stay.”
Satellite images have revealed that more than 649,000 tonnes of debris – equivalent to 40,500 trucks – must still be erased. According to the United Nations Development Program (Predict) who analyzed the data at least 23,000 people may have been forced from their home.
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Themis demonstrator ready for final tests at ESRANGE
Themis, ArianeGroup’s reusable rocket stage demonstrator, has been fully integrated and is now standing on the launch pad at Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden. Measuring about 30 m in height and 3.5 m in diameter, the vehicle is equipped with a cryogenic propulsion system powered by the Prometheus engine.
The demonstrator was transported over 3,000 km from its assembly site in France and developed by ArianeGroup as coordinator of the HaDEA-managed SALTO project. Implemented within the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Future Space Transportation programme and supported through the EU’s Horizon Europe framework, Themis is entering its final preparations ahead of its first flight test campaign. These tests will provide essential data for the validation of reusable launch vehicle technologies in Europe.
In this context, HaDEA Director Marina Zanchi, Head of HaDEA’s Space Research Unit Marko Curavić, and Project Officer Simon Conticello visited the Esrange Space Center. Several representatives of the European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) together with experts from ESA also participated in the visit. The presence of these key players alongside with the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and ArianeGroup confirmed the fruitful collaboration and the commitment within the EU space sector to innovation and strategic autonomy in space transportation.










