The general debate of the 81st United Nations General Assembly runs the risk of becoming a mere stage for an increasingly unilateral world. But, paradoxically, it is the only stage that continues to exist so that the 193 countries that are part of it can make themselves heard. Even if it is to threaten the "annihilation" of the other, to make warmongering proclamations of "not bowing one's head" or to attempt to whitewash a genocide.

Benjamin Netanyahu took to the podium at the United Nations General Assembly this Thursday with a forty-minute speech marked by confrontation. The Israeli prime minister, as expected, defended the military operations against Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah, praised Donald Trump, and attacked various countries and the role of international media.

The United Nations was created by the San Francisco Charter in 1945 with the goal that the international community would have a forum to discuss global security issues without having to resort to armed conflict. The idea was not to repeat the mistakes of the interwar League of Nations and to have a truly representative body where all countries, however small, could have a voice and a vote to preserve the most precious good, peace. Surely, the creation of the Security Council with five permanent members, and therefore with veto power, already perverted the initial objective and has turned the UN into an inoperative entity, but what had never been seen before is the spectacle offered on Tuesday by Donald Trump threatening Iran with annihilation from the speakers' rostrum. This Wednesday, the Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian, appeared to show defiance and warn that "they have tested the strength and firmness of Iran, and they have learned that they cannot make Iran surrender".

Since July 30, everything surrounding Spanish politics has been viewed through the prism of the crisis in Ceuta. The social and humanitarian deadlock has become a primary political battle between the government, led by the PSOE, and the PP, which heads the Ceuta executive with Juan Jesús Vivas. For this reason, Pedro Sánchez's trip to the 81st edition of the United Nations General Assembly starting this Monday in New York comes at a perfect time for La Moncloa to broaden the focus and also introduce other issues into the political debate. Although executive sources note that Ceuta will be included in the speeches—their intention is to defend their management and the regularization—Sánchez wants to turn New York into a showcase for his model of regulating AI in his discursive fight against tech oligarchs and in a defense of multilateralism and his economic recipe against the rise of the far-right.

Donald Trump is a millionaire, a real estate magnate, has direct interests in technology companies and... is Donald Trump. The President of the United States embodies in himself all the characteristics of the "enemy" that this weekend has been pointed out by the left gathered in Barcelona, with Pedro Sánchez as host, who has established himself as the reference of the international progressive movement. "When we socialists govern, states do not bow to elites, we put them in their place," he exclaimed to close the weekend summits before the 6,500 people who filled pavilion 8 of Fira de Barcelona. The commitment of the Spanish leader, but also of the heads of state and government who have met, is to "resist" the push of the far-right, but also to "build" together a new multilateral world. "We will twist the arm of those who believe themselves untouchable. Of the millionaires who exploit people and play with greed; of the speculators who play with people's savings and homes, and of the technologists who line their pockets at the expense of the health of democracies and the mental health of our youth," Sánchez ratified, intoning from the stage the "No to war" that the entire auditorium followed.

On World Water Day, the United Nations explores the connection between water and gender in water resource management as a key element for ensuring equitable and sustainable access. Veolia's commitment to this goal is unwavering: to guarantee that everyone has access to water by investing in innovative solutions and fostering partnerships.

"We, the peoples of the United Nations, determined to save future generations from the scourge of war." Thus begins the text signed by 50 countries in the summer of 1945, still amidst the smoke from the bombs of World War II. Four months later, on October 24, 1945, the United Nations Charter came into force. The text committed the world's governments to resolve conflicts without the use of weapons, to promote peace and respect for human rights, cooperation among nations on equal terms, and economic and social development throughout the world. These principles—currently so much in question—have been adhered to so far by 193 states, almost all of those in existence.

US President Donald Trump's address to the UN General Assembly certifies the end of an era in which the United States led a multilateral governance system, with the UN as its main exponent, which was born precisely to avoid repeating the mistakes that led to the outbreaks of fascism at the time. With an arrogant tone and armed with an arsenal of false data, Trump has shown absolute contempt for the United Nations and also for Europe, and has fueled conspiracy theories surrounding immigration.