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Environmental organisations ask the UN to also protect the environment in war-torn regions
3 March 2022
108 NGOs, together in Nairobi for UNEA 5.2, the UN summit on the environment, issued a joint statement today expressing their great concern about the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The statement points to the importance of protecting the environment in areas of conflict. Plastic Soup Foundation is one of the signatories.
SAILLANT: UKRAINE ITSELF ONCE CALLED FOR PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT IN WAR-TORN REGIONS
The Russian military invasion in Ukraine is a humanitarian tragedy. Apart from all the suffering, it has a terrible impact on the environment. The effects will manisfest themselves for years after the violence has ended. Strikingly, in 2016 Ukraine submitted a resolution at the UN environment summit (UNEA 2) about the importance of protecting the environment in areas affected by armed conflict. Now Ukraine itself has become such an area.
CALL ON THE UNITED NATIONS
The NGOs are calling on the United Nations to:
- provide funds and technical expertise for an initial rapid environmental assessment by UNEP in consultation with humanitarian agencies and civil society groups in Ukraine;
- support local and international initiatives for the identification and monitoring of conflict-linked environmental risks and damage; and,
- pledge the environmental assistance necessary to Ukraine to address the consequences of the conflict for its people and ecosystems, and to support clean-up and restoration efforts.
Read the Joint Statement here.
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