Sep. 7 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has denounced the existence of a “war against nature” and has demanded “massive support” for Pakistan in the face of the serious floods that have hit the country for several weeks, which have left more than 1,200 dead and around 33 million victims.
“There is a lot of attention around the war in Ukraine, but people tend to forget that there is another war. The war we are waging against nature. Nature is hitting and climate change is supercharging the destruction of our planet.” said Guterres, who will travel to Pakistan this Wednesday.
Thus, he cited as an example the situation in Pakistan, Chad and the Horn of Africa, “where drought is causing famine.” “All these things represent a huge threat to all of us. Today it is Pakistan. Tomorrow it could be anywhere else,” she warned. “Tackling climate change, which is the main problem of our time, with a position that everything remains the same is suicide,” she has riveted.
The scale of the devastation in Pakistan due to the floods and their impact on the population in the affected areas led the director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the region, Ahmed al Mandhari, to confirm the mobilization last week. agency to facilitate medical care for the affected population and prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
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