Here's what else is happening

• 🛫International Geneva's crisis is also hitting city's airport. Passenger numbers have been declining since the beginning of the year at Geneva Airport, while they continue to grow at other Swiss airports. A symptom of the crisis facing international organisations at the end of Lake Geneva.
  Le Temps🔐 (FR)
• 🚸'Inhumane' to expect Gaza City's children to flee, UN agency says. A spokesperson for UNICEF said children being forced to leave Gaza City were fleeing one hellscape just to end up in another, and told of meeting a family with small children walking for hours, some of them without shoes, and not knowing where they would end up.
  Reuters (EN)
• 🎯EU set to miss UN deadline for new target under Paris climate accord. The bloc’s countries are still at odds on a plan to reduce planet-warming emissions by 2035 and may show up at a 24 September summit on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly with only a promise to eventually deliver a goal.
  Politico (EN)
• ✂️UN proposes drastic budget cuts to stem crisis amid internal discontent. The United Nations finished revising its 2026 proposed programme budget, outlining over $500m in reductions as part of a sweeping internal reform plan. Briefing reporters at the General Assembly, secretary general António Guterres called the upcoming high-level week the "World Cup of Diplomacy".
  Arete News (EN)
• 🎂Is the UN still relevant at 80? The United Nations General Assembly has officially opened and the organisation marked its 80th anniversary. Journalists behind the Inside Geneva podcast ask whether the body remains relevant.
  Swissinfo (EN)