“Money simply does not reach women and girls who need them most”, United Nations said in a press release published on Monday.

This estimate comes in the middle of the fourth international conference on financing ongoing development in Seville, Spain.

There, world leaders strive to revitalize the international financing structure to better support the Sustainable development objectives (ODD), one of which is gender equality.

“We cannot fill gender gaps with budgets that lack a gender lens … Gender equality must pass from the margins of the budget lines at the heart of public policy“Said Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, Deputy Executive Director of UN Women.

Go from promise to action

In order to remedy this deficit, UN women said that the world needed a decade of targeted and coherent investment to end gender shortcomings and make sure no one is left behind.

This includes the expansion of budgeting sensitive to sex which follows carefully where funding is most necessary and support programs that target these areas.

Currently, three -quarters of countries have no systems to follow the distribution of public funds in relation to gender equality.

More specifically, investing in public care systems – such as child and elder care programs – is essential to guarantee that women can enter the labor market.

Debt overwhelmed

In addition, UN women have called for an urgent debt relief, citing that many countries are so overwhelmed by loan funding that they cannot devote money to the advancement of gender equality.

In this vein, UN women welcomed the Sevill compromisoA, the outcome of the conference adopted by the Member States, which presents new commitments in favor of development of development, including on the promotion of gender equality.

Ms. Gumbonzvanda stressed the need for governments to support the commitments they have made in this document with real action.

“” [Gender equality] Take money. It takes a reform. And it takes leadership that considers women not as a cost, but as a future. »»

“While humanitarian assistance and basic services are decreasing, the inhabitants of Gaza have been increasingly deprived of survival means,” said UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, to journalists from the United Nations headquarters in New York.

According to Mr. Dujarric, the fuel has entered Gaza for 17 weeks-a critical shortage which forced the Al-Shifa medical complex to suspend its renal dialysis services and to restrict its intensive care unit services only a few hours a day.

Other hospitals, including Al-Aqsa in Deir al-Balah, have also been attacked, with the World Health Organization (WHO) signaling a strike on a tent housing civilian civilians in its courtyard.

During the last 48 hours, five school buildings sheltering inappropriate families have also been struck, causing deaths and injuries, while a new evacuation prescription on Sudan has moved 1,500 families from northern Gaza.

Live in terror

Olga Cherevko, head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ochha) described the conditions of the families of Gaza as “living in terror”.

“The only thing that is in mind right now is a cease-fire and peace,” she said.

Ms. Cherevko called Israel to open all border crossings and allow constant and sufficient humanitarian aid.

“The thing that must happen for us … To resolve the emergency in the field, is to reopen additional passages, to allow supplies to enter by several corridors and to remove the constraints that are in place so that we can deliver supplies to people in need,” she said.

She warned that the conditions are not changing quickly, the essential services will continue to close – and that the broader humanitarian response could be stored completely.

“If the situation does not change very, very urgent, more services will continue to close,” said Cherevko.

“And if the situation does not change in the future, the whole humanitarian operation could stop. »»

Originally designed in 1963 during a meeting of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the Convention Having entered into force in 1975, as the first world agreement of the genre. It continues to serve as a vital tool to help prevent rapid decline in species.

Why quote things?

The urgency of Cite“The mission is clear: international wildlife trade is now worth billions of dollars, and non -regulated trade – in parallel with the loss and overexploitation of housing – continues to conduct vulnerable species to extinction.

Because these commercial borders, international cooperation is essential.

“CITES is not a static or autonomous agreement”, ” said Ivonne Higuero, secretary general of Cites, marking the birthday.

“It is a living promise to invest in nature – a commitment to the future, with each other and the millions of species with which we share this planet.”

With 185 parts – regional economic states or organizations – where the Convention has entered into force, CITIs regulates trade for more than 40,000 plants and animals, covering living animals, wood and plant -based products.

Impact of the real world

CITES has established itself as one of the most effective multilateral environmental agreements by developing CITES BASE TRADE – The most complete source in the world of global data on wildlife trade – and directives for legal acquisition, permits and application.

Thanks to the Convention, international collaboration has brought species in danger criticizing the edge, such as African elephants, pangolin and crocodiles.

A key initiative, monitoring of the illegal elephant killing program (Mike) works in more than 70 sites across Africa and Asia, covering about half of the Pachyderms population. Mike Data has contributed to a downward trend in illegal murders, especially in Africa.

Ahead

CITES The secretary general Higuero called on the international community to remain attached to the cause.

“That the next 50 years are marked by a deeper unit, a clearer concentration and a more daring action,” she said.

“We must continue to aim high and build a world where wild animals and plants thrive in their natural habitats, where trade supports – and does not threaten – biodiversity, and where people and the planet thrive in harmony.”

One and quote

The CITES secretariat is supported by the United Nations Environment Program (Dive), which with administrative and operational support.

CITES completes the work of other United Nations entities, such as the organization of food and agriculture (Fao) to improve fishing management, capacity building and technical cooperation with the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escape), and initiatives focus on young people with the United Nations Development Program.

“In the early morning of June 13, a certain number of attacks took place in Tehran and other parts of Iran,” said Stefan Priesner, resident coordinator of the UN in Iran.

“Then, over the next 12 days, there have been several attacks on each side … We know that there were at least 627 people killed and nearly 5,000 injured in Iran.

Stressing that the UN remained in Iran during the conflict duration, Mr. Priesner noted that discussions continue with the government on “how to adapt existing UN programs to meet the post-conflict needs of the country,” he told journalists in Geneva via Zoom.

Tehran’s feet

Speaking of the Iranian capital, the UN official confirmed that Tehran had seen a population movement when several million residents left the city to the safety of missile strikes. He mentioned the solidarity that the Iranians had shown in each other, with families in the North and campaigns welcoming those from Tehran.

For the future, Mr. Priesner said: “We know that the health sector has very specific needs given the damage. »»

The development of the United Nations and the humanitarian presence in Iran extend over 18 agencies with around 50 international employees and 500 national employees.

Last year’s budget was about $ 75 million with two thirds dedicated to around 3.5 million refugees in the country or people in refugee situations.

Iran welcomed one of the largest – and the most prolonged – refugee situations In the world for more than four decades with inclusive policies, for example, in the fields of access to health and education, and the UN has supported these efforts over the years.

The rest of this budget is allocated to development projects, including climate adaptation and mitigation work. Mr. Priesner said he needed significant additional funding to support the most vulnerable groups in Iran, including children, elderly and disabled women.

The UN official confirmed that the growing number of Afghan refugees turned to their country through the Iranian border was voluntarily or by expulsion.

According to the United Nations Agency for Refugees, Hcr,, 36,100 Afghans returned on June 26 only. The number of daily yields has continued to increase since June 13, he said.

“” Every day, and sometimes every few hours, the buses arrive and stop at the Afghan-Iran border »» said Arafat Jamal, representative of the UNHCR in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan retailed to the situation

“Many come back to a country they barely know, forced to leave Iran after decades of life.

After returning from the border area of ​​Islam Qala, the representative of UNHCR Arafat Jamal said UN News that the flow of people in Afghanistan has increased from the conflictGoing from around 5,000 daily passages to a recent peak of almost 30,000.

The head of the UNHCR warned that Afghan repatriases arrive in a poor country which is not prepared to support them. Women and girls who had access to education and jobs in Iran now return to a country where “extreme gender injustice” makes these opportunities impossible, he said.

Alarming, 110 million children in the region live in countries affected by war, with damaged or destroyed or destroyed houses.

“The life of a child is upset upside down the equivalent of five seconds due to conflicts in the region”, ” said Edouard Beigbeder, Unicef Regional director for the Middle East and North Africa on Tuesday.

UNICEF estimates indicate that 45 million children in the region will require humanitarian assistance in 2025, an increase of 41% since 2020.

Funding for deficits

However, financing gaps affect vital programs in the region.

For example, in May, Syria had to face a 78% financing difference and the state of Palestine a difference of 68% for their 2025 calls. UNICEF regional programs are also subject to increasing financial pressure.

The prospects of 2026 are also dark, said UNICEF, noting that its funding for the Middle East and North Africa should decrease by 20 to 25%, potentially resulting in deficits up to $ 370 million.

Conflicts must stop

This would endanger rescue programs in the region, including the treatment of severe malnutrition, safe water production in conflict areas and fatal disease vaccinations.

“While the fate of children in the region is worsening, the resources necessary to respond become rarer,” said Beigbeder.

“Conflicts must stop. International advocacy to resolve these crises must intensify. And support for vulnerable children must increase, not refuse. ”

Three days after the National Weather Service of Spain confirmed a record reading of 46 ° C in the southern city of El Granado, there was little break in day and night temperatures through the continent and beyond.

In Barcelona, ​​a road sweeper would have died on Saturday after finishing his quarter of work, which caused a widespread survey and public calls to stay away from the sun as far as possible.

“Everyone is at risk,” said Clare Nullis, spokesperson for the World Meteorological Organization (Wmo): “If you go out without water in the middle of the day, to jog, go for a bicycle ride, you will probably have health problems or even die. “”

Fossil fuel factor

If part of the reason for the heat of the heat of Europe is because it is at the grip of a high -pressure high pressure in North Africa weather, Ms. Nullis noted that “climate change induced by humans” is the source of these acute meteorological events.

Another part of the climate puzzle is that sea surface temperatures in the Mediterranean are exceptionally high for this time of the year. “This is the equivalent of a terrestrial heat wave,” said OMM spokesperson.

“The extreme heat slips on you,” she added, while the dangerously hot conditions become “more frequent, more intense” due to the global warming caused by the combustion of fossil combustibles.

“This is something with which we have to learn to live,” said Nullis, stressing the importance of early warnings in national weather and hydrological services to prevent more deaths by extreme heat events-which are often “sub-reflective” in official statistics.

Hot days – and nights

According to the United Nations agency, the minimum night temperatures and the maximum daytime temperatures broke the station’s monthly records for June in certain parts of the west and southwest of Europe, partly explaining why the heat wave is so drained.

“The frequency and intensity of extreme heat events increase in Europe and in 2050, around half of the European population can be exposed to a high or very high risk of thermal stress during the summer,” said Nullis.

“What is exceptional – and I stressed exceptional but not unprecedented – is the time of year. We are July 1, and we see episodes of extreme heat that we would see normally later. »»

WMO insisted that the warnings of national weather services and coordinated thermal action plans are increasingly important to protect public security and well-being.

The United Nations agency promotes these efforts through its The first warnings for all platform.

A key component is the WMO coordination mechanism (Wcm) which supports the regions subject to the crisis and conflicts with advice. WMO organizes information authorizing the bad weather, the climate and the water in countries such as its WCM Global Hydromet Weekly Scan.