Havana, Feb 26 (Prensa Latina) A Cuban delegation is attending the 6th United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) that began today in Nairobi, Kenya, to analyze the triple planetary crisis: climate change, loss of biodiversity and pollution.
According to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the largest of the Antilles, the Cuban team is led by the First Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA), José Fidel Santana, and will develop an intense work program that will include meetings with environmental authorities of the Member States, the United Nations System and other entities.
Cuban representatives will actively participate in the consideration of draft resolutions and in the High-Level Dialogues, in defense of the positions of developing countries, particularly Small Island Developing States, demanding urgent action to address the enormous environmental challenges of climate change.
According to the event’s organizers, UNEA-6, which will take place until March 1, marks the beginning of a new era of multilateralism focused on environmental issues at the same level of importance as other global issues such as peace, security and health.
After the years marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Assembly also serves as a space for analysis of the current socio-economic uncertainties and growing geopolitical tensions.
The proceedings of the 5th UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) made history in 2022 as a resolution was passed to begin negotiating the first global treaty against plastic pollution.
The UN Environment Assembly recognizes the positive results of environmental cooperation over the last two years, including the so-called High Seas Treaty to conserve marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, and the loss and damage funding agreement for vulnerable countries signed at COP28.
Around 5,000 representatives of governments, civil society and the private sector are attending this world forum in which some 20 resolutions will be considered, covering challenges such as halting desertification, counteracting air pollution or limiting chemical pollution, according to the UN Environment Program (UNEP).
At a closing plenary meeting, UNEA-6 should adopt a ministerial declaration.
(Taken from PL)
