New York: Madam President - The Pakistan Times

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 ...

08 February 2024, New York: Madam President, The three pillars of the United Nations; development, human rights and peace and security; are interlinked and mutually reinforcing. There is also a clear linkage between climate change, conflict and peace and securityAccording to the IPCC, whilst the observed influence of climate change on armed conflict is small, its adverse impacts can function as a ‘risk multiplier’ for conflict in areas that are already under stress. In order to prevent climate-related conflict, measures to enhance cross-border cooperation on scarce resources must be prioritised, such as trans-boundary water cooperation. Moreover, Governments must integrate climate-related risks in their development plans.Whilst measures such as criminalizing ‘ecocide’ are one possi...

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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”