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October 6, 2025 UN
The main news of the day at the UN and around the world: shelling in the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant area, $9 million for Gaza, a Security Council meeting on the resolution "Women, Peace and Security," and the election of the next Director-General of UNESCO.
Shooting near Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) heard multiple gunshots today. The shelling poses a threat to nuclear safety, as ZNPP has been without external power for almost two weeks, according to IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi. The incident, according to Grossi, demonstrates the ongoing danger facing Europe's largest nuclear power plant during armed conflict.
The situation in Gaza
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher allocated $9 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund to ensure sufficient fuel reserves to maintain vital services in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, shelling in the enclave continued over the weekend, but the intensity of airstrikes has been reported to have decreased in recent days. The previous day, according to Gaza health authorities, 21 people were killed and 96 injured in the Strip.
Women in conflict situations
Peace cannot be built without women's participation, but real change in the lives of women and girls caught up in conflict is still a long way off, he said. at a Security Council meeting on resolution 1325, UN Secretary-General Antonio GuterresThe resolution, adopted in 2000, affirms the role of women in conflict prevention and resolution and calls for their equal participation in all efforts to maintain peace and security. The UN chief expressed concern that women-led organizations are being deprived of resources, even though they provide vital support to millions of people.
Election of the Director of UNESCO
Following a vote, members of UNESCO's Executive Board nominated Khaled El-Anani, a representative of Egypt, for the post of Director-General of the Organization. The decision will be put to a vote by all UNESCO Member States on November 6 during the Organization's General Conference, which will be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Khaled El-Anani is a professor of Egyptology at Helwan University and a former Minister of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt.
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