"POLLUTION"

United Nations officials in New York and in Yemen gave details on the arrival of a support ship to start the process of transferring out the oil from the FSO Safer super tanker, moored off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, to another vessel. UNIFEED

In the first-ever report of its kind, the WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All has outlined a bold new path to reorient economies to deliver what matters - health for all. WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing the 2023 edition of its annual World Health Statistics report with new figures on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and the latest statistics on progress towards the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). WHO

Plastic pollution could reduce by 80 percent by 2040 if countries and companies make deep policy and market shifts using existing technologies, according to a new report by UN Environment Programme (UNEP). UNIFEED / FILE

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, said, “Unless we act now, the 2030 Agenda will become an epitaph for a world that might have been.” UNIFEED

Marking the International Mother Earth Day, the President of the General Assembly said, “As humans, we are latecomers, new tenants of this world. Tenants with short term leases but with particular responsibilities.” UNIFEED

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, noted that this Friday marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Organization, saying the vision of the founders “was clear, but bold: the highest possible standard of health, for all people.” WHO

Marking the first International Zero-Waste Day, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, said, “We’re making a mess of our world. It’s time to clean up. Let’s work as one to build a circular, zero-waste future. For people and planet.” UNIFEED