السعودية تدعو «اليونيسكو» لمضاعفة الجهود لإنهاء معاناة مدنيي غزة

السفير فهد الرويلي خلال أعمال المجلس التنفيذي للمنظمة بباريس (الوفد السعودي الدائم لدى اليونيسكو)
السفير فهد الرويلي خلال أعمال المجلس التنفيذي للمنظمة بباريس (الوفد السعودي الدائم لدى اليونيسكو)
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السعودية تدعو «اليونيسكو» لمضاعفة الجهود لإنهاء معاناة مدنيي غزة

السفير فهد الرويلي خلال أعمال المجلس التنفيذي للمنظمة بباريس (الوفد السعودي الدائم لدى اليونيسكو)
السفير فهد الرويلي خلال أعمال المجلس التنفيذي للمنظمة بباريس (الوفد السعودي الدائم لدى اليونيسكو)

جدّدت السعودية، الاثنين، التأكيد على ضرورة وقف الاعتداءات الإسرائيلية وانتهاكاتها للقانون الدولي وإنهاء معاناة المدنيين في قطاع غزة، داعية منظمة الأمم المتحدة للتربية والعلم والثقافة «اليونيسكو» لبذل جهود أكبر بهذا الشأن.

جاء ذلك خلال كلمتها في أعمال الدورة الـ219 للمجلس التنفيذي للمنظمة، التي ألقاها فهد الرويلي، السفير السعودي في باريس المندوب الدائم المكلف للمملكة لدى «اليونيسكو»؛ حيث أشار إلى ما تبذله بلاده من جهود موسعة ومستمرة بالتعاون مع شركائها بالمنطقة والعالم لإيجاد حل للأوضاع الإنسانية المتدهورة ومعاناة المدنيين في غزة.

ونوّه الرويلي بالتعاون المستمر بين السعودية و«اليونيسكو» بمختلف النشاطات التربوية والعلمية والثقافية، متطرقاً إلى مشاريع الصندوق السعودي في المنظمة لصون التراث الثقافي بقيمة 10 ملايين دولار، التي تسعى لتحقيق التآزر بين اتفاقياتها الست المعنية بالثقافة لإيجاد بيئة ثقافية حيوية.

جانب من أعمال الدورة الـ219 للمجلس التنفيذي لمنظمة «اليونيسكو» بباريس (واس)

وأشار إلى المعرض السعودي «ما حكاه الطين» الذي أقيم بالتزامن مع «يوم التأسيس» بمقر المنظمة؛ حيث استعرض التراث الثري للدرعية، وحي الطريف المدرج على قائمة التراث العالمي منذ عام 2010، منوهاً أيضاً بالتقدم المحرز في الشراكة طويلة الأمد التي تجمع الهيئة الملكية لمحافظة العلا مع «اليونيسكو»، بتوقيعهما اتفاقية ثالثة؛ لتعزيز التحولات الاجتماعية الإيجابية في العُلا، وتفعيل خطة التواصل.

وأعرب عن مباركة السعودية لمبادرة الدول التي تولّت رئاسة قمة العشرين بعدها، في استدامة خطوتها التاريخية بإضافة البعد الثقافي في جدول أعمال المجموعة إبان رئاستها القمة عام 2020. وثمّن ثقة الدول التي رشّحت الرياض لاستضافة «إكسبو 2030»، مؤكداً تطلعات بلاده لتنظيم معرض عالمي متميز يعزز تعاون ثقافات العالم أجمع وعلومها وشراكاتها.

وفي إطار التعاون التربوي، تضمنت الكلمة ما تحققه منظومة التعليم بالسعودية؛ حيث أدرجت حديثاً 3 مدن ضمن شبكة «اليونيسكو» العالمية لمدن التعلم، ليرتفع عددها إلى خمس، كذلك انضمام المملكة لعضوية القيادة بلجنة «اليونيسكو» التوجيهية العليا رفيعة المستوى للهدف الرابع من أجندة الأمم المتحدة للتنمية المستدامة، وعضوية الخبراء باللجنة الفرعية المنبثقة منها والخاصة بالبيانات والرصد.

يُشار إلى أن المجلس التنفيذي لـ«اليونيسكو» هو أحد الأجهزة الدستورية للمنظمة، ويُنتخب أعضاؤه في مؤتمرها العام، الذي يُقام كل عامين. ويقيّم، وفق توجيهات المؤتمر العام، أداء عملها، وبرامجها وتقديرات ميزانيتها، ويتكوّن من 58 دولة عضواً تُنتخب لعضويته كل 4 أعوام.


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A boy uses a mobile phone to take photos of missing and deceased people pasted on wall outside Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, following flash floods and a mudslide, in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 1, 2026. (Reuters)
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A boy uses a mobile phone to take photos of missing and deceased people pasted on wall outside Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, following flash floods and a mudslide, in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 1, 2026. (Reuters)

Rescue teams with search dogs combed through mud, rocks and debris Tuesday in Nepal and China looking for thousands of people still missing after catastrophic flooding tore through communities across the Himalayas, leaving more than 1,000 dead.

Nepal’s disaster agency said Tuesday that 987 deaths had been counted there, with 3,916 people missing, including 583 foreigners. Chinese authorities, in their latest update on Sunday, reported 16 deaths and 546 people still missing, including 261 foreigners.

The scale of last week's disaster was hampering rescue efforts in both regions, with landslides, destroyed roads and widespread damage cutting off remote areas. Crews faced challenging conditions as they searched unstable terrain and piles of debris, raising fears the death toll could rise as rescuers reach isolated communities.

In Nepal, rescuers were racing to reach hundreds of workers believed to be trapped inside tunnels at hydropower projects damaged by the floods. About 900 workers are missing from 12 projects, with roughly 500 believed to be trapped in tunnels, according to Nepalese authorities.

Brig. Gen. Raja Ram Basnet, Nepal’s army spokesperson, said teams assisted by foreign experts were working at several hydropower projects. Visuals released by the army showed rescue teams entering dark, debris-filled tunnels, wading through mud and water and climbing over rocks as they searched for signs of life.

On the Chinese side, rescue crews scoured areas hit by mudslides, particularly around the Gyirong Port border crossing, which was destroyed.

Some rescuers, aided by search dogs, searched gaps among rocks and debris for signs of life. Other teams used heavy machinery to clear a major highway leading to Gyirong Port, hoping to clear the way for equipment, personnel and supplies to reach the disaster zone, according to China's state-run Global Times newspaper.

At least 11,814 people have been rescued so far, according to Nepalese authorities. Emergency crews were using helicopters and other aircraft to reach stranded communities in areas where roads and bridges have been destroyed by the flooding and landslides.

Authorities on Tuesday also stepped up efforts to provide assistance to survivors in areas where roads and other transportation routes had been damaged or cut off.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said China’s second batch of relief supplies for Nepal was expected to ship Tuesday, including drones, DNA testing and water purification equipment. Chinese DNA testing experts will also help Nepal identity bodies, he said.

Bimal Sharma, a helicopter pilot who has been flying rescue and relief missions since the disaster began, said he was shocked to see the devastation in Timure, a border town close to Tibet that he has known for years.

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Sharma said he has had little opportunity to speak with the people he rescued, but their expressions told him how deeply the disaster had affected them.

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The Aug. 26 disaster began with a chain of events high in the Himalayas. A glacial collapse sent large amounts of rock, ice and meltwater into valleys below, triggering powerful floods downstream.

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Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah said that the disaster highlighted the need for action to combat climate change.

“This incident has indicated that the risks we face in the Himalayan region are increasing with climate change,” Shah said in a social media post Monday night. “Therefore, this region must be alert, and at the same time, it is time for us to strongly raise the issue of disasters caused by climate change before the international community.”


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This photograph taken on July 8, 2026 shows traditional wooden boats at a yard in Ibrahim Hyderi in Karachi. (AFP)
This photograph taken on July 8, 2026 shows traditional wooden boats at a yard in Ibrahim Hyderi in Karachi. (AFP)
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Boat Builders Keep Pakistan’s Fishing Heritage Afloat

This photograph taken on July 8, 2026 shows traditional wooden boats at a yard in Ibrahim Hyderi in Karachi. (AFP)
This photograph taken on July 8, 2026 shows traditional wooden boats at a yard in Ibrahim Hyderi in Karachi. (AFP)

The rhythmic hammering of nails and the whine of saws echo around a coastal Karachi neighborhood, where small figures of men work atop massive wooden fishing hulls that loom beneath a pale summer sky.

Ibrahim Hyderi, a maritime town on the outskirts of the port city believed to date back centuries, is renowned for the construction of traditional fishing boats.

"This is the area that gave birth to Karachi, and that provided Karachi with its fishing sector," said Mehran Ali Shah of the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum, which advocates for the local community.

Despite the rise of industrial shipbuilding, such practices -- where handcrafted vessels are assembled timber by timber -- have stood their ground.

Boat-builder Muhammad Asif, 22, learnt the craft from his father as a teenager, and is now proud that he can work on his own.

"I was drawn to this work, so I work at it with great dedication," Asif tells AFP as sawdust coats his face and sun-bleached hair.

"It has always been my passion, that is why I chose this line of work."

Asif, like other workers, starts at 7:00 am every day and heads home for dinner around 7:00 pm, only putting down his tools during a two-hour lunch break.

He earns up to 2,500 Pakistani rupees ($9) a day, working six days a week.

The workers brave the elements all year round, including the sweltering heat and humidity of summers and the soaking rains of the monsoon seasons.

The process begins with a fisherman selecting a boat design. A master craftsman drafts a template and the workers take it from there, drawing on their years of experience to painstakingly build the vessel.

The carpenters choose from different types of timber, such as local eucalyptus wood, or African teak for resilience against seawater.

The heavy blocks of wood are carefully cut using well-worn vertical and other saws, following hand-drawn pencil markings.

The boats are then assembled from the ground up, block by block and nail by nail, with the workers clambering up on rickety ladders as the hulls rise higher.

The time-consuming process means even a small boat measuring just several meters long could take up to three months to construct and cost one million Pakistani rupees ($3,600), Asif says.

Across the yard, the completed boats are given splashes of color by painter Muhammad Ismail.

The weather-beaten 38-year-old, his hands and nails tinged with blue, is painting petals on the hull of a vessel -- one of many he has worked on over a decade.

"Most of our fishermen prefer floral designs rather than fish," he tells AFP, adding that he experiences "great satisfaction" when an owner appreciates his artwork.

"Some people ask me to create a design according to my own ideas, while others tell me exactly what they want."

At a nearby harbor, fisherman Qadir Bux sits in a small boat owned by his family for at least two decades as he mends fishing nets. The fisherman hopes to give the wooden vessel a facelift soon.

"It's like looking after something very precious, or even like caring for our own child," he says.