Shafaq News - New York
On Wednesday, Iraq’s Permanent Mission to the United Nationshosted a high-level Arab coordination meeting to prepare for two major UNsummits on water scarcity and sandstorms.
According to a statement from Iraq’s Ministry of ForeignAffairs, the meeting was chaired by Iraq’s Permanent Representative to the UN,Abbas Kazem Obeid, and in cooperation with the UN Economic and SocialCommission for Western Asia (ESCWA).
In his remarks, Obeid emphasized the importance of a unifiedArab stance in confronting shared environmental challenges, particularly in theareas of water security and sand and dust storms, noting that over 90% of theregion's land is classified as severely arid, with 13 Arab countries facingextreme water scarcity. “Human activity contributes to roughly one-third of theregion’s sand and dust storms,” he pointed out.
The statement added that representatives of Arab countriesthanked Iraq for the initiative and praised its diplomatic mission forstrengthening joint Arab action in addressing growing environmental anddevelopment challenges.
Read More Details
Finally We wish PressBee provided you with enough information of ( Iraq leads Arab push for water security at UN )
Also on site :
- 1 in custody, no shots fired: Police respond to Gaylord Rockies Resort Center Wednesday
- Trump ready to back new Russia sanctions bill – Politico
- ForexLive Asia-Pacific FX news wrap: Trump 50% Brazil tariff/50% copper tariff confirm too