On average, the South trip costs more than $ 3,000, according to the UN refugee agency UNRWADo it out of reach for many.

Along the densely populated Al-Rashid coastal road, thousands of residents queue to escape, following the Israeli military evacuation orders, in an exhausting trek towards the central and southern parts of the enclave.

A UN News The correspondent was there and documented suffering scenes while the displaced people made the trip on foot.

While some dragged carts responsible for their personal effects, others – including women and children – were trying to take a break after long hours of walking.

The Gaza Valley bridge in the Gaza central strip was overcrowded due to the influx.

“All houses and neighborhoods have been bombed”

In the middle of the crowd, an elderly man called Abu Nader Siam, walks slowly while holding his cane in his right hand with his wife, Zakia Siam, on her left. He is exhausted.

“I come from the Tal al-Hawa district in Gaza City. They left neither house or neighborhood only to bomb him, “he said.

“The bombings continue, and they dropped leaflets that ordered us to evacuate. We walked for six hours because we did not find a car or transport. »»

Zakia Siam talked about their non-stop trip after the bombing reduced their house in rubble.

“We went to the Shujaiya district, then we were moved to the Sha’af district of Gaza City before bombing,” she said.

“Subsequently, we went to the edge of the edge west of Gaza City and my husband and I stayed there two nights without a tent. We sat on the sidewalk next to the tents and we hid next to one of them, then continued to walk. »»

Death, devastation and destruction

Another civilian, Ms. Um Shadi al-Ashkar, wore a bag of personal effects while she was heading south of Gaza.

“There is death, bombing, bombing and the destruction of houses (in Gaza City),” she said.

“Even if they had dropped leaflets, if there had been no bombing, no one would have left Gaza City, they would have stayed at home. But there is death and devastation. »»

‘I lost 25 family members’

Ayman al-Khatib said UN News That most members of his family were killed in the Tal al-Za’atar district of Jabalia Camp in the North.

He fled alongside some surviving parents. Her aunt kept herself on her arm, as if she were afraid of losing him too.

“More than 25 family members were killed: my children, my wife, my mother, my brothers and their wives,” he said. Only his aunt, two nephews and a son remain.

“We fled under the bombing, and we did not find any transport. They asked us for 2,000 shekels to get into a car, but we have no money. We don’t have a tent or anything. I made a lot of calls and pleadings, but no one answered me. »»

According to UNRWA, the average cost of travel south is $ 3,180 per family. The fuel is frightened in Gaza, and no shelter supply has entered for seven months due to the Israeli blockade.

Last month, Israel announced that it would take control of Gaza City and that in recent weeks have intensified the bombing of high-rise buildings there.

The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs Coordination (Ochha) said more than 250,000 people were moved from the city in the last month, including 60,000 in just 72 hours, while the troops advanced in densely populated neighborhoods such as Sheikh Radwan and Tal al-Hawa.

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.