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The EU is building IRIS², a new European satellite network designed to guarantee secure and resilient connectivity, no matter what happens to ground or undersea cables. In the European Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen’s words: “Our security on earth depends on our security in Space”
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The 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda remains one of the darkest chapters in human history. In just one hundred days, more than one million women, men, and children were murdered—overwhelmingly Tutsi. Long before the killing began, a wave of propaganda flooded the airwaves, spreading fear, normalizing hate, and stripping people of their humanity. Words came first—and words helped make the violence possible.
Diogène Ntarindwa, known by his stage name Atome, is a Rwandan playwright and comedian whose life has been shaped by this history. Born in Burundi to Rwandan parents who fled earlier massacres of the Tutsi, he later joined the Rwandan Patriotic Front and entered Kigali in 1994 while the genocide was still underway. He describes himself not as a survivor, but as a witness.
In Hate Radio, directed by Milo Rau and presented in its U.S. premiere at St. Ann’s Warehouse in February 2026, Diogène performs the role of Kantano, a real-life broadcaster for Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM). The play places audiences inside the RTLM studio—often called “Radio Machete”—where hate speech was delivered through jokes, music, and chilling everyday banter.
RTLM played a critical role in inciting violence; its co-founder was later convicted by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. For Diogène, performing Hate Radio is an act of testimony. After more than 250 performances, carrying these words ensures their danger is never forgotten—and never repeated.
At UN Headquarters, Diogène sits with the Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide to discuss how language escalates from insult to incitement — and visits the "Kwibuka Flame of Hope," a permanent memorial installed at UN Headquarters in New York in 2024 as a gift from Rwanda. It stands as a tribute to the victims and survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and as a reminder of our shared responsibility to confront hate before it takes root.
In recognition of 7 April 1994, the start of the genocide, this date is observed each year as the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
In 2004, the United Nations established the Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the basis of the lessons learned from the failures of prevention in Rwanda in 1994 and Srebrenica in 1995, to provide early warning, analysis, and advice to the Secretary‑General on prevention of genocide and other atrocity crimes.
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🔗 Outreach Programme on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda: https://www.un.org/en/preventgenocide/rwanda/index.shtml
🔗 Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide:
https://www.un.org/en/genocide-prevention/prevention-genocide-related-crimes/special-adviser
🔗 International Day of Reflection:
https://www.un.org/en/preventgenocide/rwanda/day-of-reflection.shtml
🔗 Kwibuka Flame of Hope:
https://www.un.org/en/preventgenocide/rwanda/commemorations-2026.shtml
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https://media.un.org/avlibrary/en
Japan welcomed a record number of visitors in 2025, after large rises in 2024 and 2023.
Year-on-year growth sounds like a good thing, but there are downsides to new #tourism records.
Some of Japan’s most historic sites, such as Tokyo and Mount Fuji, became overcrowded. So what did Japan do? It took measures to promote its more overlooked regions – including offering free domestic plane tickets.
For more about why #Japan has been crowned the world’s most tourism-ready country, read the World Economic Forum’s Travel and Tourism Development Index 2026: https://www.weforum.org/publications/travel-tourism-development-index-2026/
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Right of Replies on Saturday, September 26th, day 5 of the 81st Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 22 – 28 September 2026).
World leaders will gather to engage in the annual high-level General Debate under the theme, "Better together: 81 years and more for peace, development and human rights".
The General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly is the opportunity for Heads of State and Government to come together at the UN Headquarters and discuss world issues. Heads of State and Government and ministers will explore solutions to intertwined global challenges to advance peace, security, and sustainable development.
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making organ of the Organization. Comprising all Member States, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter of the United Nations. Each of the 193 Member States of the United Nations has an equal vote.
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. Currently made up of 193 Member States, the UN and its work are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter.
General debate website: https://gadebate.un.org/
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Yoshua Bengio, Maria Ressa, and Ambassadors Egriselda López and Rein Tammsaar explain what the UN’s new AI bodies can actually do — and why no country can govern AI alone.
They discuss the accelerating capabilities of frontier AI, disinformation and the erosion of trust, the widening AI divide between countries, and why multilateral governance is the only viable path.
In August 2025, UN Member States established two new mechanisms for global cooperation on artificial intelligence: the Global Dialogue on AI Governance, the first UN platform where all countries discuss AI governance together, and the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI, which provides evidence-based assessments independent of any government or company.
Sugiono, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, addresses the General Debate of the 81st Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 22 – 26 and 28 September 2026).
World leaders will gather to engage in the annual high-level General Debate under the theme, "Better together: 81 years and more for peace, development and human rights".
The General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly is the opportunity for Heads of State and Government to come together at the UN Headquarters and discuss world issues. Heads of State and Government and ministers will explore solutions to intertwined global challenges to advance peace, security, and sustainable development.
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making organ of the Organization. Comprising all Member States, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter of the United Nations. Each of the 193 Member States of the United Nations has an equal vote.
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. Currently made up of 193 Member States, the UN and its work are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter.
General debate website: https://gadebate.un.org/
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Lejeune Mbella Mbella, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cameroon, Government Spokesperson of Djibouti, addresses the General Debate of the 81st Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 22 – 26 and 28 September 2026).
World leaders will gather to engage in the annual high-level General Debate under the theme, "Better together: 81 years and more for peace, development and human rights".
The General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly is the opportunity for Heads of State and Government to come together at the UN Headquarters and discuss world issues. Heads of State and Government and ministers will explore solutions to intertwined global challenges to advance peace, security, and sustainable development.
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making organ of the Organization. Comprising all Member States, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter of the United Nations. Each of the 193 Member States of the United Nations has an equal vote.
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. Currently made up of 193 Member States, the UN and its work are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter.
General debate website: https://gadebate.un.org/
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Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz, Minister of State and for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities of Sao Tome and Principe, addresses the General Debate of the 81st Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 22 – 26 and 28 September 2026).
World leaders will gather to engage in the annual high-level General Debate under the theme, "Better together: 81 years and more for peace, development and human rights".
The General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly is the opportunity for Heads of State and Government to come together at the UN Headquarters and discuss world issues. Heads of State and Government and ministers will explore solutions to intertwined global challenges to advance peace, security, and sustainable development.
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making organ of the Organization. Comprising all Member States, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter of the United Nations. Each of the 193 Member States of the United Nations has an equal vote.
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. Currently made up of 193 Member States, the UN and its work are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter.
General debate website: https://gadebate.un.org/
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Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Zambia, addresses the General Debate of the 81st Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 22 – 26 and 28 September 2026).
World leaders will gather to engage in the annual high-level General Debate under the theme, "Better together: 81 years and more for peace, development and human rights".
The General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly is the opportunity for Heads of State and Government to come together at the UN Headquarters and discuss world issues. Heads of State and Government and ministers will explore solutions to intertwined global challenges to advance peace, security, and sustainable development.
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making organ of the Organization. Comprising all Member States, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter of the United Nations. Each of the 193 Member States of the United Nations has an equal vote.
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. Currently made up of 193 Member States, the UN and its work are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter.
General debate website: https://gadebate.un.org/
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