"ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION"

Press conference by Epsy Campbell Barr, Chairperson of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, on human rights for people of African descent.

Addressing the Security Council about migrants in the Mediterranean, the Head of the UN Refugee Agency in New York, Ruven Menikdiwela, said, “Saving lives at sea and providing humanitarian assistance is one of the most basic obligations of humanity, and those performing rescue operations or helping in good faith should not be penalized for doing so.” UNIFEED / FILE

The first-ever Global Conference on Sustainable Livestock Transformation will be hosted in Rome by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from 25 to 27 September 2023. FAO

Addressing the Security Council meeting on advancing public-private humanitarian partnership, Cindy H. McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme, said, “Sadly, today, the humanitarian sector is one of the world’s biggest growth industries.” UNIFEED

Marking the International Day of Peace, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “Peace is a job that belongs to each and every one of us.” UNIFEED

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today flagged climate change as a “spiralling human rights emergency for many countries”, as he called for decisive action to tackle the global planetary crisis. UNTV CH

Floods, droughts and extreme temperatures continued to be the norm during the month of August. UNIFEED

Travelling in the Mesopotamian marshes near Chibayish in southern Iraq, the waterways are lined by lush green reeds. But step onto land and the change is dramatic. No longer marshland but land scarred by years of drought. The heat is overwhelming with the midday temperatures reaching 50°C. OHCHR

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday concluded a four-day visit to Iraq that took him to Baghdad, Erbil and Basra. OHCHR

Ahead of COP 28, being held in Dubai from 30 November to 12 December, the United Nations kept a sharp focus on the issue of climate change during the month of June. UNIFEED / FILE