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“Une paix durable doit être ancrée dans les droits, les besoins et les aspirations du peuple ukrainien, dans la responsabilité, et dans les principes de la Charte des Nations Unies et du droit international. Les décisions prises aujourd'hui – qu'elles favorisent la justice ou l'impunité – façonneront ce qui suivra,” a déclaré Türk lors de l'ouverture du Conseil des droits de l'homme à Genève.
“En Israël et dans le Territoire palestinien occupé, où la souffrance a été insupportable, je réitère mon appel à une enquête indépendante sur les graves violations du droit international, commises par Israël au cours de ses attaques à travers Gaza, et par le Hamas et d'autres groupes armés palestiniens,” a-t-il déclaré.
“Toute solution durable doit être basée sur la responsabilité, la justice, le droit à l'autodétermination, et les droits humains et la dignité des Israéliens et des Palestiniens. Toute suggestion de forcer les gens à quitter leur terre est totalement inacceptable,” a déclaré Türk.
Au-delà de l'Ukraine et de Gaza, des conflits et des crises déchirent des communautés et des sociétés, du Soudan à la République démocratique du Congo, en passant par Haïti, le Myanmar et l'Afghanistan.
En soulignant de multiples défis, le Haut-Commissaire a appelé à un effort total de la part de tous pour s'assurer que les droits humains et l'état de droit restent centraux pour les communautés, les sociétés et les relations internationales.
“Le consensus mondial sur les droits humains s'effondre sous le poids des autoritaires, des hommes forts et des oligarques,” a averti Türk.
“Partout, nous voyons des tentatives d'ignorer, de saper et de redéfinir les droits humains; et de créer un faux dilemme qui oppose un droit à un autre dans un jeu à somme nulle. Il y a des efforts concertés pour éroder l'égalité des sexes, et les droits des migrants, des réfugiés, des personnes handicapées, et des minorités de toutes sortes,” a déclaré le Haut-Commissaire.
“Mais les droits humains, du droit à l'alimentation et à un logement adéquat, aux droits à la santé, à l'éducation, et à la liberté d'expression – sont pour tout le monde.”
C'est dans ce contexte que le Bureau des droits de l'homme de l'ONU et l'écosystème plus large des droits humains, y compris le Conseil des droits de l'homme, travaillent pour sauvegarder et promouvoir les droits de tous, partout.
“Aujourd'hui, nous avons besoin d'une vision alternative. Nous avons besoin de la politique de la sagesse, enracinée dans les faits, le droit, et la compassion,” a-t-il déclaré.
“Les droits humains vont au-delà du leadership intellectuel, vers le leadership du cœur. Ils puisent dans certains de nos idéaux les plus chers sur la manière dont les gens devraient se traiter les uns les autres, et sur la signification de la dignité humaine,” a-t-il déclaré.
Défendre les droits humains a un sens éminent pour la stabilité, pour la prospérité, pour un meilleur avenir commun, a souligné Türk.
“Les droits humains sont une proposition gagnante pour l'humanité. Nous continuerons à les protéger, les promouvoir et les défendre dans le monde entier, avec humilité, détermination, et un espoir indomptable,” a-t-il conclu.
Le Haut-Commissaire présentera sa mise à jour mondiale au Conseil des droits de l'homme de l'ONU le 3 mars.
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HISTOIRE : Le Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l'homme Volker Türk s'adresse à l'ouverture du Conseil des droits de l'homme de l'ONU à Genève
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SOURCE : OHCHR/UNOG
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LANGUE : Anglais/NATS
FORMAT D'IMAGE : 16:9
DATE : 24 février 2025 GENÈVE, SUISSE
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Highlighting the long-term decline in the Earth’s freshwater storage and glacier melt, WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo explained that the planet’s water reserves used to act as a planetary “savings account” that absorbed the occasional dry season, avoiding a water crisis. “One of the central stories of the 2025 report is what is happening to that savings account? And the simple answer is that we are depleting it,” she told journalists in Geneva.
Groundwater reserves are equally stretched and have been in decline since 2014, WMO’s report states, with nearly two-thirds of monitored wells worldwide showing levels lower than the historical norm and indicating a shift “further toward deficit…not recovery”.
“At the same time, we are seeing more water-related disasters,” Ms. Saulo said, while also stressing that the currently strengthening El Niño “will increase the risk of drought in some areas, and flooding in others”.
Glaciers disappearing
In 2025, for the fourth consecutive year, every major glaciated region on Earth lost ice mass, leading to short-term hazards including floods and long-term water insecurity, according to WMO.
Responding to a question about whether the changing global water cycle might have contributed to the deadly Nepal-China flooding disaster, Ms. Saulo explained that melting ice and rock was just one factor in the chain of events that ultimately sent a massive and deadly wall of water and debris downstream on 26 August, killing at least 1,367 people.
“You asked if it could happen again? Absolutely; the problem in this region is that there’s 63,700 glaciers at the last count,” she told a Press Conference in Geneva. “Even if you’re looking with remote sensing with satellites at these glaciers, you might see some faults, you might see some slight shifting, that does not mean necessarily catastrophic collapse. So, in order to plan for this, it’s very, very difficult. But the international community is looking very hard at ways in which we can bring people together to solve some of these monitoring issues.”
Data indicates that glaciers shrank between 2023 and 2025 with cumulative losses of 1,400 gigatonnes of water – or about one third of annual fresh water needs.
Every major glacier region on Earth lost ice for the fourth consecutive year.
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Some regions with smaller glaciers such as Central Europe, the Caucasus, the western Canada and the United States may already have reached “peak water”, Mr. Jenkinson warned.
“After this point, the glacier gives less meltwater each year simply because there is less ice left to melt. That matters for every community downstream that relies on water during hot, dry summers,” he explained.
Narelle van der Wel, WMO’s Head of Cryosphere Monitoring, Predictions and Services, stressed that while some further glacier loss is unavoidable, the eventual scale of the decline is not predetermined.
“Some glacier loss is inevitable, but total loss of glaciers is not yet inevitable,” she said, pointing to emissions reductions as central to limiting future losses.
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The report does not attribute every observed change to climate change alone. WMO says pressure on water resources and natural variability also contribute.
Mr. Jenkinson said governments need to prepare for “moving baselines” as historical patterns become less reliable.
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