Statement by Ambassador Munir Akram During UNSC High-Level Open Debate on ” The impact of climate and food insecurity on the maintenance of international peace and security”
13 February 2024, New York: Madam President, I congratulate Guyana on assuming the Presidency of the Council and acknowledge the presence today of His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali (President of Guyana). I thank all the briefers for their comprehensive presentations.
Madam President, Climate change and food insecurity are enlarging and exacerbating inter-state and intra-state conflicts. The disputes over water – at the state, sub-national and the local-community levels – are rising. Competing claims to agricultural and animal pastures, for instance in Sub-Sahara and Central Africa, are being exploited by terrorist groups and criminal gangs. The scramble for exploitation of fisheries and fishing rights, and potentially for seabed minerals and resources, is causing increased friction ...