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The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-3), opened today in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. UNEP

The UN-led project to prevent a massive oil spill from the FSO Safer supertanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast began early morning Tuesday. It is aimed to remove more than 1 million barrels of oil from the decaying vessel. UNDP / Boskalis

The UN-led project to prevent a massive oil spill from the decaying FSO Safer, which is off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, “took a major step forward over the weekend”, a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED

As COP27 biodiversity day unfolds in Egypt, UNEP Goodwill Ambassador Ellie Goulding called on global community of leaders to acknowledge the importance of coral reefs, and “to get seriously ambitious and competitive about funding, restoration and protection.” UNIFEED

Asked about the US Supreme Court ruling regarding the climate and the Environmental Protection Agency, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said it is a “setback in our fight against climate change.” UNIFEED

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said that “China can play an important role in multilateral discussions to help bring about meaningful progress” in “human rights issues facing our world.” OHCHR

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Headquarters in Nairobi and announced the US will join talks on a new global treaty to curb plastic pollution. UNEP

The UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), through its Indonesian military engineering, is executing projects aimed at preventing or reducing negative effects on the environment, in particular pollution of soil and air, and of groundwater in the country. MINUSCA

“The work of the General Assembly has helped to boost global health, literacy, and living standards, and to promote human rights and gender equality,” the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a virtual event marking the 75th anniversary of the world body. UNIFEED /FILE

After meeting with Secretary-General António Guterres, Colombian President Iván Duque told reporters that Colombia and the United Nations have finalized negotiations on a framework working agreement for the period 2020 – 2023, based on “three central axes; peace with legality, attention to migrant populations, and the implementation in our country of the Sustainable Development Goals.” UNIFEED