"DESERTIFICATION"

General Assembly takes action on Second Committee reports by adopting 37 resolutions, 2 decisions.

Briefing by Monica Grayley, Spokesperson for the President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly.

An ambitious reforestation project, carried out since 2018 by refugees and host communities in northern Cameroon, is contributing to the Great Green Wall, an African-led initiative that aims to grow an 8,000-kilometer continent-wide barrier to stop the ongoing desertification of the Sahel. UNHCR

Plenary segment (continued)

Briefing reporters during the virtual launch of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO’s) Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems Report, the FAO’s Indigenous People’s Unit Chief, Yon Fernández de Larrinoa, said, “indigenous peoples food systems are disappearing at an alarming rate, resulting from displacement, violence, climate change, extractive industries, and intensive agricultural livestock,” and “unless new policies are put in place to support them, they will be a major loss for humankind in the next years.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Amy Quantrill, Deputy Spokesperson for the President of the 75th Session of the General Assembly.

The General Assembly holds a high-level dialogue to assess the progress made in the fight against desertification, land degradation and drought, and map the way forward in view of the end of the UN Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification.

The General Assembly holds a high-level dialogue to assess the progress made in the fight against desertification, land degradation and drought, and map the way forward in view of the end of the UN Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification.

Briefing by Amy Quantrill, Deputy Spokesperson for the President of the 75th Session of the General Assembly.