Speaking on World Suicide Prevention Daywhich is marked every year on September 10, WHOTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that “each lost life leaves a deep impact on families, friends, colleagues and entire communities”.

All age groups are affected by suicide and were the third cause of death among the 15 to 29 year olds worldwide in 2021, last year for which data was gathered by whom.

Suicide does not only occur in high -income countries and has an impact on all regions of the world.

Almost three -quarters of world suicides have occurred in low -income and intermediate income countries in 2021.

The average number of suicides worldwide in 2021 was 8.9 per 100,000 people.

In Africa, the figure was 11.5, while in Europe and Southeast Asia, the number of suicides was recorded at 10.1 per 100,000 people.

Globally, the lowest suicide rate was in the eastern Mediterranean region at 4.0 per 100,000, while in the Western Pacific, it was 7.5 per 100,000.

Who is at risk?

The link between suicide and mental disorders, in particular depression and alcohol consumption disorders, and a previous suicide attempt is well established in high income countries.

However, many suicides occur impulsively in times of crisis with a rupture of the ability to deal with the stress of life, such as financial problems, relational disputes or chronic pain and pain.

In addition, the experience of conflicts, disasters, violence, abuses or losses and a feeling of isolation are strongly associated with suicidal behavior.

Suicide rates are also raised among vulnerable groups who suffer from discrimination, such as refugees and migrants, indigenous peoples, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender people, intersex (LGBTI) and imprisoned prisoners.

Go from silence to the opening

“” We must move from silence to the opening, from stigmatization to empathy and neglect to support“Said Dr. Tedros.

“We have to create environments where people feel safe to speak and ask for help,” he said.

“The displacement of the narrative on suicide also means stimulating systemic change, where governments prioritize and invest in quality mental health care and policies to guarantee that everyone obtains the support they need.”

According to the WHO WHO WHO report in 2024, government median expenditure in mental health has remained at a modest 2% of the total health budgets since 2017.

In addition, there is a significant disparity between high and low -income nations. While high income nations allocate up to $ 65 per person with mental health, low -income nations spend as little as $ 0.04.

Which recognizes mental health as a universal human right.

Effective prevention measures

Who says that there are effective measures that can be taken to prevent suicide and self -harm.

Live lifeThe agency’s initiative in suicide prevention, recommends the main effective interventions based on following evidence:

• limit access to suicide means (for example, pesticides, firearms, certain drugs);
• Interact with the media for a responsible declaration of suicide;
• promote socio-emotional life skills in adolescents;
• Identify, assess, manage and follow any person affected by suicidal behavior early.

“We are witnessing a dangerous escalation in Gaza City, where Israeli forces have intensified their operations and ordered everyone to move south”, ” said The humanitarian country team of the occupied Palestinian territory.

“” Nearly a million people are not now without safe or viable options – neither the North nor the South offer security.“”

The warning occurs two weeks after confirmation of the famine at the Governorate of Gaza.

Hungry and exhausted

According to Latest figures of the health cluster led by the World Organization, 361 Palestinians died due to malnutrition since the start of the war almost two years ago, including 130 children.

More than half a million people live with catastrophic conditions marked by famine, destitution and death.

Civilians who try to leave north of Gaza face dangerous and barely passable roads, overcrowded shelters and prohibitive transport costs – summits that most families simply cannot afford.

“The survivors in Gaza are exhausted”, aid agencies saidStressing that civilians and the health infrastructure on which they count “should never be targeted”.

Hospitals outdated

Hospitals are overwhelmed and collapse under tension.

The Al-Shifa et al-Ahli installations of Gaza City operate at a capacity of almost three times, with incidents of mass victims on average eight per day.

If a wider Israeli offensive occurs, the Gaza Strip could lose half of its remaining hospital beds, the health agencies warned.

Aid restrictions continue

The team of humanitarian countries has also noted ongoing Israeli obstacles on aid, declaring that “the current levels of humanitarian support are fully insufficient”.

The fuel, water and food routes must remain open and uninterrupted, said agencies, warning “devastating consequences” if access is still obstructed.

“To the families of Gaza: the humanitarian community will remain in Gaza City as long as we can and will remain through the strip, doing everything possible to provide help and provide rescue services,” they said.

“” To the international community: act. Call for an immediate ceasefire. Respect international humanitarian law, including the release of hostages and arbitrarily detainees. This catastrophe is manufactured by man and responsibility rests with all of us. »»

“I am ashamed in the name of the world that we cannot find in ourselves to be more compassionate, to be more kind, to recognize what people here are going through,” said Tom Fletcher, who heads the United Nations Emergency Rescue Agency, OchhaDuring a visit to the Caribbean nation.

“I listened to people whose life was destroyed by brutal violence,” he said. “” They are desperate for security, dignity, hope. I refuse to believe that we cannot do better for them. “”

A country of 11 million, Haiti continues to deal with a serious humanitarian and protection crisis in the midst of a cholera epidemic and an increase in malnutrition rates.

Half of all Haitians face food insecurity and unprecedented forced travel levels that tripled last year for more than a million people, according to a update By Ocha, which noted that large -scale travel continued in 2025.

‘They don’t want to be here’

For more than a year, the gangs resumed large expanses inside and outside the capital, Port-au-Prince, violating, killing, plundering civil infrastructure, including schools and hospitals, as well as the removal of recruits of children to fight.

” Right away, Up to half of all members of the armed group are children“Said Ocha. »»Fear permeates everyday life“While families are forced to leave their homes and seek shelter, food and security.

“They have been moved several times by violence,” said Fletcher, who met with authorities, partners and affected families living in makeshift shelters. “They want to live their life like anyone else.

“They don’t want to be here. They want to rebuild their lives. They want education for their children. They want health care they need. They need drinking water. “

Live “in misery”

Some displaced families have shared their fate, notably Roudy Jean, who said: “We must be able to live in a normal way, as in the rest of the world”.

Cashmina Jean-Michel, a woman moved by the violence of the gangs, said that she once had a beauty salon and staff employee, but lost everything.

“At 5 am, there were a lot of shots,” she recalls. “I lost everything, my property, my business, but the safety of my children was my top priority. I had no choice but to make them run and run immediately. Today, I live in a very small space in misery, where I can only keep one of my children while others have to stay with friends. ”

Many families have been moved two or three times, said the United Nations aid chief.

Food and shelter shortages

Innocent Fagnau, vice-president of a site for internally displaced people like Mr. Jean and Mrs. Jean-Michel, described the current challenges.

“Now, with the quantity of people we have currently, this space has not been designed for this use,” he said.

“There is also a food problem on this site. The quantity of food we receive to distribute, for example, we finish the amount of here, but what about 15 or 16 hours? People should always be able to eat something. ”

Rebuild lives, overcome despair

The OCCED’H Youth Center provides rays of hope, specifically targeting adolescents and young people from the communities affected by armed violence and those living on sites for internal people in the metropolitan area of ​​Port-au-Prince, where access to education and training is extremely limited.

The Center offers practical and professional training at nearly 300 students, including Phanie wissese, who learns leather crafts.

“I love to develop my creative skills, and if you take Cuircraft seriously and put your whole heart in what you do,” she said, “it can help you achieve economic independence.”

‘We must be here’

During a visit to the youth center, Mr. Fletcher said: “We can find ways to repel this crisis, against a feeling of despair and deterioration because here … These young people, they cut their hair, they do manicures, they teach Pédicure, they make bracelets, they learn to repair motorcycles. But, finally, they rebuild their lives. ”

He said the world had to lend a hand in this regard.

“We can see that people can also strengthen their communities, not only as an individual, but as a society, as a Haiti, and ultimately, that is why we must be here,” he said. “This is why the world must be here, helping them to rebuild the ruins of their lives as despair. »»

‘It’s not enough’

While the United Nations agencies are disturbed to provide essential support and goods and services, Mr. Fletcher said that more should be done.

To date, the humanitarian call for Haiti remains seriously underfunded. Of the $ 908 million necessary to meet urgent needs, only 11% are funded, leaving a financing gap of $ 800 million.

“That is not enough,” said the head of the United Nations. “I cannot believe that we have so much trouble collecting the funds necessary to support these families when they try to rebuild their lives, but we must be there for them. We have to do better. “

“Essential” surveillance by the International Atomic Energy Agency (Aiea) finished in June, the chief of the agency Rafael Grossi said when the air strikes of Israel and the United States have targeted Iranian nuclear installations.

At the time, the Iranian authorities confirmed that the Natanz enrichment site had been “affected” without affecting the existing radiation levels, said the first diplomat of the IAEA.

Not forward

Now, “practical modalities” have been agreed to allow the resumption of inspection activities in Iran, Grosi told the Council of Agency’s governors in the Austrian capital. “This is an important step in the right direction,” he continued, before expressing his gratitude to Egypt for negotiating the agreement.

Development follows the announcement of August 28 by France, Germany and the United Kingdom of their intention to re-implicate United Nations sanctions on Iran within 30 days, under the so-called “snapback” mechanism contained in the Iranian nuclear agreement signed in July 2015 by the five permanent UN UN members Security adviceIn addition to Germany, EU and Iran.

Work in partnership

The new agreement – which was preceded by weeks of technical discussions in Tehran and Vienna on the activities of verification of “all the installations and installations in Iran” – came despite the decision of the Iranian legislators on June 25 to suspend cooperation with the AIAA, a decision approved by the president of the country a week later.

At the time, Mr. Grossi noted that this national decision had not changed International Bonds of International Non-Proliferation (TNP) of Iran.

The agreement remains in force

And earlier this week, he insisted that the agreement of the TNP remained in force as “the only legally binding treaty governing the rights and obligations of the [IAEA] and Iran with regard to the implementation of guarantees in Iran ”.

While recognizing that his Iranian interlocutors had declared their will to be part of the international non-proliferation movement, Mr. Grosi noted the “concerns” of Tehran.

Nevertheless, the agreement-sealed by Mr. Grossi and the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Aragchi in Cairo on Monday-“provides for a clear understanding of inspection procedures, notifications and their implementation,” he insisted.

The agreement “also considers” to report on all the installations targeted by Israel and the United States in June “including the nuclear material present” in Iran, continued the head of the AIEA.

“These practical steps … must be implemented now,” he insisted. “There may be difficulties and problems to be solved for sure, but we now know what we have to do and the elements at our disposal so that these basic understanding are implemented.”