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September 22, 2025 UN

The General Assembly Hall in New York celebrated the anniversary on Monday. 80th anniversary of the creation of the UNThe event began with a musical performance by the youth choir Sing for Hope, singers from the Metropolitan Opera Chorus, and pianist David Watkins, conducted by Tilman Michael. However, as General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock stated in her address, "today is not a day of celebration," but "a moment to remember the lessons of history and find the courage to once again choose the path of hope."

Baerbock recalled the extremely difficult circumstances in which the Organization was created.

Choose the right path

"Countries lie in ruins. More than 70 million dead. Two world wars in a single generation. The unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust. And 72 territories are still colonized. This was our world 80 years ago," she said.

According to her, signing of the UN Charter June 26, 1945 was not just a formality, but a confirmation that humanity had learned lessons from the darkest pages of history.

"It was a commitment not to take us to heaven, but to never again allow the forces of hatred and unbridled ambition to drag us to hell," Baerbock said.

At the same time, she recalled, the world today faces new tragedies and challenges: “We see orphaned children in Gaza searching for food amid the destruction. The ongoing war in Ukraine. Sexual violence in Sudan. Gangs terrorize people in Haiti. The internet is overflowing with hate. Floods and droughts are sweeping the globe.”

"Today is not a holiday. Today is a moment to remember the lessons of history and find the courage to once again choose the path of hope instead of defeat," the General Assembly President emphasized.

Make the promise come true

The UN Secretary-General also delivered a speech. Antonio Guterres, which called for remembering the Organization's first employees, many of whom bore the "visible wounds of war."

"They saw the worst of what humanity is capable of—the horrors of death camps, the brutality of battles, cities razed to the ground. And that's why they chose to serve the cause of peace," he continued. And contrary to the misconception that the pursuit of peace is naive, "they knew: peace is the boldest, most practical, most necessary aspiration of all."

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The Secretary-General recalled that today, UN principles are being tested to unprecedented levels: civilians are under attack, international law is being flouted, poverty and hunger are on the rise, and climate chaos is causing natural disasters. Meanwhile, the global community is moving down a path of division.

"To meet these challenges, we must not just defend the United Nations, but strengthen it," the UN chief said.

"The only way forward is to act together. Let us prove ourselves worthy of this moment – with clarity, courage, and conviction. And let us make the promise of peace a reality," he concluded.

"Information Armageddon"

2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa focused her speech on the challenges of human rights and information in the digital age. She recalled that 80 years ago, the UN Charter was born as a promise to prevent a repeat of tragedies after "fascism manipulated information, destroyed truth, and dehumanized entire peoples to justify genocide and world war."

According to her, humanity is currently experiencing an "information Armageddon," where lies spread faster than facts, and algorithms are designed to evoke "outrage instead of empathy" and fuel "fear, anger, and hatred, overwhelming us with a toxic flow of information." Research shows that misinformation spreads six times faster than facts, and with the development of generative AI, the situation is only getting worse, Ressa warned.

She presented three solutions: ending impunity for digital giants and introducing international standards to protect the information environment; creating an alternative infrastructure of trust based on independent journalism; and investing in comprehensive initiatives, including strengthening democratic institutions and supporting the efforts of women, who play a key role in peacebuilding.

“Information integrity "This is the mother of all battles. Win this one, and we win the rest. Lose, and we lose everything," Ressa emphasized.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former Prime Minister of Norway Gro Harlem Brundtland also shared their views on the role of the UN at the meeting.

The meeting concluded with a poetic recitation by global peace advocate Maryam Bukar Hassan.

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September 22, 2025 Peace and security

"Violations of the airspace of sovereign states are unacceptable," Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča said at a UN Security Council meeting on Monday. The meeting was prompted by an incident that occurred on September 19, when, according to Estonia, three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets violated its airspace.

According to the Estonian Ministry of Defense, the aircraft entered Estonian airspace without permission, with their transponders turned off and without flight plans, which could have posed a threat to other aircraft. In response, Italian F-35 fighter jets participating in the NATO air policing mission over Estonia were scrambled. Estonian authorities stated that this was the fifth violation of their airspace by Russia in 2025 and requested consultations with NATO allies.

The Russian Ministry of Defense, in turn, claims that the flight followed a strictly agreed-upon route over neutral waters of the Baltic Sea, more than three kilometers from the island of Vaindloo, and did not violate Estonian airspace.

Jenča noted that the UN has no confirmation of these claims. He emphasized that the incident in Estonia is not an isolated incident. Earlier in September, violations of Polish and Romanian airspace by Russian drones were recorded.

In closing his remarks, Jenča drew the Security Council's attention to the ongoing attacks on Ukraine. According to Ukrainian authorities, over the past week, Russia has launched more than 1,500 kamikaze drones, 1,280 guided bombs, and 50 missiles of various types. Dozens of civilians have been killed and injured as a result of strikes in the Dnipro River and the Chernihiv and Khmelnytskyi regions. In Russia's Belgorod region, according to local authorities, two people were killed as a result of Ukrainian shelling.

Miroslav Jenča reiterated his call for a "complete, immediate and unconditional ceasefire" and expressed the UN's readiness to support any meaningful efforts towards a "just, lasting and comprehensive peace."

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September 22, 2025 International law

Russian armed forces attacked civilians and civilian infrastructure using short-range unmanned aerial vehicles in populated areas located within a 300-kilometer zone along the right bank of the Dnieper. This was stated by experts from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine in their latest report to the Human Rights Council.

In May of this year, the Commission concluded that the drone attacks recorded in the Kherson region were large-scale and systematic and thus "qualify as crimes against humanity, amounting to murder," according to the Commission's press release. Available evidence confirms that similar strikes were carried out against civilians and civilian infrastructure in the Dnipropetrovsk and Mykolaiv regions.

The circumstances of the attacks in the three aforementioned areas indicate they were carried out with the intent to "kill, maim, and destroy," the Commission's experts stated. "Russian armed forces are conducting these attacks from positions located on the left bank of the Dnieper River, using drones equipped with surveillance and real-time target tracking systems. These drones often pursued their victims over long distances and dropped explosive devices on them, resulting in deaths and injuries," according to a press release published today. Furthermore, ambulances and other emergency service facilities were also targeted, preventing them from reaching their destinations.

The attacks have had a profound impact on the civilian populations of the affected areas. They have caused widespread destruction and rendered entire villages uninhabitable. Essential services have ceased functioning, and shops have closed. "The terror instilled in the population is forcing thousands to flee their homes," the Commission reports. A resident of the village of Antonovka, who fled after numerous attacks, told the experts: "Buses stopped running, shops closed, and drones were everywhere—if previously there were a few drones a day, by then there were three, four, five in the air every hour. It became impossible to go outside."

"Russian Telegram channels, either operated by the perpetrators of the attacks or by individuals associated with Russian drone units, have disseminated hundreds of videos depicting dead or wounded civilians, which amounts to a war crime—an affront to human dignity. These channels also published threatening posts, announcing further attacks and calling on the population to leave," the press release states.

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According to the Commission, "the actions of the Russian armed forces may amount to a crime against humanity in the form of forced displacement of population." The Commission intends to return to this issue in its report to the General Assembly in October of this year.

However, the Commission was unable to complete its investigation into allegations by Russian authorities regarding drone attacks by Ukrainian armed forces due to a lack of access to the relevant territories, risks to the safety of witnesses, and the Russian Federation's failure to respond to the Commission's inquiries.

In addition, the Commission continues to investigate the practice of deportations and transfers of adult civilians from areas of the Zaporizhzhia region under Russian control.

Investigations into short-range drone attacks, as well as deportations and displacements, point to "coordinated and targeted actions by Russian authorities to further seize territory" and strengthen their position in areas of Ukraine under their control, forcing the local population to flee.

"The violations and crimes recorded have caused untold suffering and extreme hardship to the victims," said Commission Chair Eric Mese. Repeated attacks have gradually destroyed entire communities. Many of the victims have lost loved ones, their homes destroyed, and their living conditions uninhabitable. They describe themselves as "losing everything." Elderly people, many of whom are unable to flee, remain particularly vulnerable on the front lines.

The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine is an independent body mandated by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate alleged human rights abuses, violations of international humanitarian law, and related crimes in the context of the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine. The Commission consists of Eric Mese (Chair), Pablo de Greiff, and Vrinda Grover. The experts were appointed by the President of the UN Human Rights Council; they are not UN staff and do not receive a salary for their work.

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September 22, 2025 Peace and security

On Monday, September 22, a world summit of heads of state and government, sponsored by France and Saudi Arabia, opens at the UN headquarters in New York. The main goal of this political forum is to try to revive the stalled solution to the creation of two states: Israeli and Palestinian, coexisting within secure and internationally recognized borders.

In April, speaking to the Security Council, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres He warned that the Middle East peace process "is in danger of collapsing completely." He said the political will to achieve this goal "seems more distant than ever." However, in a recent conversation with reporters, the UN chief posed a rhetorical question: "Is there an alternative? A one-state solution in which the Palestinians are expelled or forced to live on their land without rights?"

The Secretary-General stressed that the international community's duty is to uphold the two-state solution and then create the conditions for its implementation.

Topic of discussion

The idea of two states – Jewish and Palestinian – living side by side in peace – arose even before the founding of the UN in 1945. Since then, it has been repeatedly revised and mentioned in dozens of Security Council resolutions, at various negotiating forums, and at the recently resumed tenth emergency special session of the General Assembly.

In 1947, Great Britain renounced its mandate for Palestine and referred the "Palestinian question" to the UN, which assumed responsibility for finding a just solution. The UN proposed dividing Palestine into two independent states—one Arab and one Jewish—and establishing Jerusalem as an international city. This proposal formed the basis for the two-state solution.

In 1991, a peace conference was held in Madrid with the aim of achieving a settlement through direct negotiations on two tracks: between Israel and the Arab States and between Israel and the Palestinians, based on Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973).

In 1993, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat signed the Oslo Accords, which laid out the principles for further negotiations and provided for the establishment of temporary Palestinian self-government in the West Bank and Gaza. However, subsequent permanent status negotiations, held in 2000 at Camp David and in 2001 in Taba, proved fruitless.

Three decades after the Oslo Accords, the UN's core purpose remains the same: to support Palestinians and Israelis in achieving a settlement and ending the occupation, in accordance with UN resolutions, international law and bilateral agreements, to realize the vision of two states – Israel and an independent, democratic, viable and sovereign Palestinian state – living side by side in peace and security within recognized borders based on the 1967 lines, with Jerusalem as the capital of both states.

What to expect from the summit on September 22?

The summit is taking place on the first day of the UN General Assembly High-Level Week – the annual gathering of world leaders – against the backdrop of a deeply troubling regional situation: escalating Israeli military operations that have claimed the lives of more than 60,000 people in Gaza since October 7, 2023; an officially confirmed famine in northern Gaza; Israeli strikes against Hamas representatives in Qatar on September 9; and the accelerated expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

Despite the tense situation, the two-state solution is once again gaining diplomatic traction. Ten days ago, on September 12, the General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted the New York Declaration, which calls for "a just and lasting peace based on international law and a two-state solution." The declaration calls on Hamas to "cease its activities in Gaza and hand over its weapons to the Palestinian Authority." The United States and Israel, which boycotted the July conference, voted against the proposal.

On September 21, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada announced their recognition of the State of Palestine. Several other states had previously announced similar announcements. The summit's results could give new impetus to efforts to create a UN roadmap leading to the two-state solution.

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