Donald Trump célèbre une guerre terminée et promet la reconstruction de Gaza. Plusieurs dirigeants réunis à New York lui opposent une autre réalité. Celle d’une aide toujours entravée, d’une Cisjordanie où la colonisation se poursuit et d’un État palestinien dont la perspective paraît chaque jour plus incertaine. Avant même les discours très attendus jeudi de Mahmoud Abbas et de Benyamin Nétanyahou, le conflit israélo-palestinien s’est imposé comme l’une des principales lignes de fracture de l’Assemblée générale.

Quelque 26.000 personnes déplacées à Baidoa, dans le sud-ouest de la Somalie, pourraient basculer dans la famine d’ici la fin de l’année, alors que de nouvelles inondations liées au phénomène El Niño et le manque de financements humanitaires menacent d’aggraver une crise alimentaire déjà alarmante, ont averti vendredi plusieurs agences des Nations Unies.

Sea level rise is among the most visible consequences of global warming, but for some countries, it is an imminent existential threat. World leaders approved a new declaration on Thursday while debating the best ways to strengthen international cooperation and support vulnerable low-lying nations most at risk.

L’ampleur des destructions à Gaza laisse entrevoir un chantier de plusieurs décennies. Neuf entreprises sur dix ont été endommagées ou détruites, la production agricole et industrielle s’est effondrée et le PIB par habitant ne représente plus qu’une fraction de son niveau d’avant-guerre, selon l'agence onusienne pour le commerce et le développement (CNUCED).

Le Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme, Volker Türk, s’est dit jeudi « consterné » par le nombre croissant de victimes civiles au Yémen, alors que la reprise des combats entre les rebelles houthis (mouvement Ansar Allah) et les forces progouvernementales continue d’aggraver les souffrances d’une population déjà épuisée par des années de conflit.

Face à l’élévation inexorable du niveau de la mer, les États membres de l’ONU ont adopté jeudi une déclaration politique appelant à une action urgente pour protéger les populations, les territoires et les économies menacés. « Le SOS est lancé », a affirmé le Secrétaire général de l’ONU, António Guterres, avertissant que les millimètres gagnés par les océans pourraient se traduire par des millions de vies bouleversées.

Venezuela is seeking to rebuild after a period of political upheaval and the destruction caused by twin earthquakes earlier this year, Acting President Delcy Rodríguez told world leaders at the United Nations on Wednesday.

“We are the first generation with the tools to end the fossil fuel age – and the last who can avert climate catastrophe,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday, calling on countries to draw up credible roadmaps with clear timelines to transition away from fossil fuels.

From deadly floods in the Himalayas to wildfires and extreme heat across Europe, 2026 has brought a succession of stark reminders of a changing climate. The task is immediate: Protect people from the impacts already unfolding while rapidly cutting the emissions of harmful gasses driving climate change. World leaders have been meeting on Wednesday to discuss how to turn those priorities into action.

Nine years after the mass displacement of the Rohingya from Myanmar, their situation remains one of the world's most protracted and complex refugee crises, marked by years of persecution and uncertainty over the prospect of returning home.

Até 56 mil bilionários concentram o triplo da riqueza da metade mais pobre do planeta; neste 23 de setembro, Declaração da ONU sobre o Direito ao Desenvolvimento completa 40 anos; apelo é que já passou da hora da dignidade para todos sair do papel para alcançar a todos.

Rising sea levels and ever-more-powerful storms are eroding shorelines, submerging land and threatening to evict millions of people from their homes worldwide. 

Rising sea levels and ever-more-powerful storms are eroding shorelines, submerging land and threatening to evict millions of people from their homes worldwide. 

El Niño is strengthening in a world that is already hotter, raising the risk of drought, floods and crop losses across some of the world’s most important food-producing regions. But unlike many disasters, this one can be seen coming. UN experts say the months ahead offer countries a chance not only to protect the next harvest and our food security, but to prepare for a more unpredictable climate in the long run.

US President Donald Trump used his address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to defend recent military action against Iran, urging countries to maintain economic pressure on Tehran – and declaring that he now faces a choice between making a deal, or taking far more drastic steps.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva told the General Assembly on Tuesday that the UN needs to become a “temple of peace” once again, as it confronts one of the most critical periods in its 80-year history.

Along the coast of Tanzania, in East Africa, the Indian Ocean is pushing saltwater ever farther inland, shrinking coconut harvests, driving fish away and leaving some residents wondering how much longer they can stay.

Temporarily exceeding the 1.5°C global warming goal set in Paris is widely considered inevitable. The challenge now is to keep that overshoot as small and short as possible by cutting emissions faster, unlocking finance and strengthening international cooperation.

Pelo Dia Internacional da Paz, secretário-geral destaca papel exemplar de voluntários, líderes comunitários, defensores dos direitos humanos e forças de manutenção da paz; apelo do líder da ONU reforça necessidade de investimento ativo em dignidade humana, justiça e diálogo.

Documento elaborado pelas Nações Unidas identificou mais de 1 mil casos; 89% foram atribuidos a autoridades russas e 11% às forças ucranianas; relatos de vítimas revelam práticas como estupro coletivo, mutilação genital, choques elétricos e espancamentos nos genitais, além de outros atos degradantes.