The 6th United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) kicked off on Monday in Nairobi, under the presidency of the Kingdom of Morocco.
Chaired by Minister for Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Leila Benali, this session, which runs until March 1 at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), will examine and adopt several resolutions and decisions on the role of multilateralism and the importance of sustainable, inclusive and effective action.
Held under the theme “Effective, inclusive and sustainable multilateral action to address climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution”, this 6th assembly will also be an opportunity to examine and adopt several resolutions on the themes of biodiversity protection, the fight against climate change, the circular economy and pollution control.
Speaking on this occasion, Benali stressed the need to push forward the global environmental agenda and capitalize on the commitments made to this end, calling for the acceleration of multi
lateral action to strengthen the environmental foundation of sustainable development.
“As we gather here in 2024, we must be self-critical and work towards an inclusive, networked and effective multilateralism, capable of making a tangible difference to people’s lives,” she stressed.
Time is running out to tackle not only the three global environmental crises of climate change, loss of nature and biodiversity, and pollution and waste, but also the full range of global environmental challenges, including desertification and drought, she added.
“During this Assembly, we will strive for united, inclusive and multilateral action that addresses each element of the three global environmental crises as a single indivisible challenge,” said the UNEA-6 chair, stressing the importance of engaging civil society, the private sector, youth and other key stakeholders, to ensure a comprehensive and participatory approach, involving all actors.
The 6th UN Environment Assembly will be marked in particular by the holding o
f a High-Level Segment, which will be endorsed by the adoption of a Ministerial Declaration reaffirming the shared global commitment to building a resilient and inclusive world, and to strengthening multilateralism in favor of environmental protection and sustainable development.
Source: Agency Morocaine De Presse
On the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Journalists, Syrian journalists in all provinces stood a moment of silence to mourn journalists who were martyred in Palestine in the Israeli aggression on Gaza strip.
This event is part of a call by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) to hold a moment of silence on the lives of press martyrs in occupied Palestine within their workplaces.
The participates called on international organizations to assume their moral and legal responsibilities by exerting pressure on the occupying entity to stop its aggression, hold it accountable for its crimes, and take immediate action to ensure the safety of civilians and journalists in Gaza and the occupied territories.
They also stressed the need to stop the systematic targeting of Palestinian journalists, during their coverage of the occupation’s aggression, which is trying to promote its narrative, mislead public opinion, and cover up its crimes, stressing that the Al-Aqsa flood operation showed the
real ugly image of the criminal entity, and revealed its truth while facing the owners of the land; the resistants.
The stance affirms that the speech is unified in the Syrian and Palestinian arenas, and that the terrorism that targeted media professionals in the two countries is one.
All media institutions in Damascus and other Syrian governorates witnessed similar stances during which participating journalists raised banners calling for an end to the killing of Palestinian journalists.
Syrian Arab News Agency Director-General, Eyad Wannous, said during the stand organized by the agency that the Israeli occupation’s killing of journalists in Palestine aims to kill guardians of truth, and to keep only the narrative of lies, and media misinformation, in continuation of its crimes that represent a grave violation of international humanitarian law and the protection of civilians and journalists guaranteed by international conventions
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency