World leaders meet in Nairobi, they want immediate steps to be taken to save the environment
Leaders from different corners of the world are using the United Nations Conference of the World Environment Council (UNEA-6) to call for measures to be taken to save the environment, which when it is in danger, living things including humans are also in danger.
Secretary General António Guterres has addressed the two-day summit that began on Thursday February 29 through video and said leaders attending UNEA6 in Nairobi must continue efforts to deal with climate change, loss of living organisms and environmental pollution. " Our planet is on the brink, ecosystems are collapsing, our climate is deteriorating and humans are to blame." Kenyan President William Ruto, joined by other leaders from Africa and elsewhere, has emphasized the urgency of taking joint action in the field. Ruto acknowledged the existence of international complexities but emphasized the important role of UNEA-6 in creating effective international solutions. UNEA is the world's largest environmental decision-making body and aims to help restore harmony between people and the environment. President Ruto was joined at the meeting by heads of state and government including the President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi, President of Djibouti Omar Guelleh, Interim President of Gabon Brice Oligui Nguema, President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed and Prime Minister of Haiti Ariel Henry. The delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the UNEA 6 session led by the Vice President and Head of the Environmental Protection Agency of Iran Ali Salajegheh Addressing the meeting in Narobi, the Vice President of Iran who is also the Head of the Environmental Protection Agency said: "I express my gratitude to the Kenyan government for organizing this important meeting.
The sixth meeting of the United Nations Environment Council is an opportunity for countries of the world to take real, fair and comprehensive decisions to implement the necessary measures to resolve international and regional conflicts and common challenges in the field of environment. More than 7,000 delegates representing 182 member countries of the United Nations together with 170 ministers have participated in the UNEA-6 session. The President of the United Nations General Assembly, Dennis Francis, has also addressed UNEA-6, emphasizing the relationship between a healthy environment and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). " For many years, we have known that a healthy environment is an important need, enabling a safer, fairer and more successful tomorrow," he said. The head of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has also spoken of the "inseparable, but fragile" relationship between human health, animals and the environment. He said, if the current planet was a disease then "it would be admitted to the intensive care unit."
