Origin: Belgium, France | Documentary | Director: Christophe Cotteret | 80 minutes

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Disunited nations - Middle East: the UN in turmoil

Since October 2023, the international community's inability to prevent the massacre of Palestinian civilians, combined with the complicity of many Western states, has highlighted the collapse of international law in Gaza.
Appointed UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories in 2022, Francesca Albanese described the killings in Gaza as genocide, placing her at the centre of an unprecedented media and political storm. Following her example, the UN condemned what it described as ongoing ethnic cleansing. But 80 years after its creation – a legacy of the Second World War and a promise of "never again" – what power does the United Nations still wield beyond its futile declarations? Can it still act as a fragile bulwark against political and humanitarian collapse in the face of disunited Western nations and a failing world order?

Co-production: ARTE, RTBF, WRONG MEN, CIBLE PROD.

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Christophe Cotteret
A documentary filmmaker, notably co-producing with RTBF and ARTE, and specialising in issues of political violence, Christophe Cotteret has directed "Démocratie Année Zéro" (2013), "Inkotanyi" (2017) and "White Power" (2024).

Read also: https://orientxxi.info/Palestine-La-boussole-de-Francesca-Albanese
Watch also this debat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVqjrdRnFv8