UNITED NATIONS, Sep 20 (APP): The President of 77th session of the UN General Assembly Csaba Korosi said Tuesday that devastation left behind by the unprecedented foods in Pakistan “can be a window into our future.”<\/p>\n
“I stand in solidarity with the people of Pakistan, where devastating floods washed away hundreds of villages,” he told the 193-member’s Assembly at the start of its high-level debate.<\/p>\n
“You have seen the heart-wrenching scenes of devastation: this can be a window into our future,” President Korosi said, while noting that solutions exist to counter the adverse impacts of climate change.<\/p>\n
“These (solutions) are rooted in the advancements we have made in science cooperation and climate diplomacy, he said, but asked,”we have to put them in practice.”<\/p>\n
The world, he said, needs solutions through solidarity, sustainability and science, while pointing out that over 300 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian aid and protection \u2013 a 10 percent rise since January.<\/p>\n
Driven by climate change, the UNGA president said COVID-19 and conflict, global hunger has reached alarming level, noting that in the last six months, food and energy inflation have pushed at least 70 million people into poverty.<\/p>\n
“We live, it seems, in a permanent state of humanitarian emergency,” he added.<\/p>\n
After this high-level week, the president said, he plans to launch a series of consultations with the scientific community, asking them for help in this regard,<\/p>\n
“Bringing knowledge from microscopes to microphones.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 20 (APP): The President of 77th session of the UN General Assembly Csaba Korosi said Tuesday that devastation left behind by the unprecedented foods in Pakistan “can be a window into our future.” “I stand in solidarity with the people of Pakistan, […]<\/p>\n
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