The new executive director of the UN Foundation in the field of the population Dyen Keit (in the center). The main news of the day | Friday: Sudan, Gaza, Yunfp, Nuclear Tests UN The main news of the day in the UN and the world: siege of the city of El-Fasher in Sudan, the catastrophic position of the Gaza population, the appointment of the new executive director of the UN Foundation in the field of population, international day of action against nuclear tests. siege of el-fasher The UN Secretary General expressed deep concern in connection with the ongoing attacks of rapid response forces to the Sudanese city of El-Fasher. In an official statement, widespread on Friday, his spokeswoman, Antoniu Gutherrish called what was happening “terrifying” and called for the immediate cessation of fire. El-Fasher has been in the siege for more than 500 days. According to the UN estimates, hundreds of thousands of civilians, cut off from humanitarian aid and undergoing daily shelling, remain in the city and surrounding areas. Since August 11, at least 125 people died during the attacks of quick response forces in the region. The real number of victims, according to representatives of the UN, can be much higher. gas – on the threshold of “complete Disaster “The head of the UN agency to help Palestinian refugees (Bapor), Philip Lazzarini, warned that the gas was on the verge of a “full disaster”: the population collided with hunger, and a new military operation could begin in the near future. In an interview with the UN news service, Lazzarini described the situation as an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. According to Bapor, almost a million people remain blocked between the city of gas and the northern sector. Lazzarini warned that the military operation in such conditions would lead to catastrophic consequences. “If the military operations begin at the center of the population,” he said, “this will bring even more suffering and take away even more lives – it will be a complete catastrophe.” 62 ~ new chapter Yunfp The Secretary General was appointed by Dyen Keith from Guinea by the new executive director of the UN Foundation in the field of population (Yunfpa). In this post, she will replace Natalia Kanam from Panama, whom the head of the UN expressed deep gratitude for the “selfless service and commitment to the United Nations and Yunfp.” Since 2020, Dyen Keit has served as deputy executive director of this organization. As noted at a briefing in New York, the UN press secretary Stefan Duzharrick, Dyen Keit has more than thirty years of experience, as well as leadership skills in the field of international development and public service. ~ 60 > International Day of Actions Against nuclear tests 60 ~/h2 >~ 60 > 62 ~ today, August 29, the world celebrates an international day of action against nuclear tests. “In 2025, it marks the 80th anniversary of the first nuclear test,” the UN Secretary General says. “We have no right to forget about the legacy of more than 2000 tests of nuclear weapons spent over the past 80 years.” This year, International Day takes place in conditions of increasing geopolitical tension and growing nuclear danger, including an alarming prospect of renewing nuclear tests, Antoniu Gutherrish noted. “Nuclear trials lead to the movement of the population, poison the lands and oceans,” continued the head of the UN. – They lay the basis for long -term crises in the field of healthcare, associated, among other things, with cancer and other chronic diseases. In addition, they deepen cracks in the foundation of global trust, stability and peace. ”