UN adopts resolution expressing solidarity with Pakistani flood victims
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution to express solidarity with Pakistan’s government and people in the wake of recent devastating floods that inundated a third of the country last month, according to a Foreign Ministry statement.
The “consensus” resolution also backed Islamabad’s “strengthening of emergency relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction, and prevention in the wake of the recent devastating floods,” according to a ministry statement.
The resolution was proposed by Pakistan and cosponsored by 151 countries from all regions, representing more than two-thirds of the UN membership.
While introducing the resolution, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative Ambassador Munir Akram highlighted that Pakistan is one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries, despite emitting less than 1% of global emissions.
The president of the UN General Assembly expressed solidarity with the people of Pakistan, saying that a “climate catastrophe” is still unfolding in Pakistan, which he called an “epic tragedy.”
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres also spoke at the assembly, recalling his recent visit to Pakistan and graphically describing the disaster and the people’s courage.
Citing “climate injustice,” Guterres said Pakistan is paying a “supersized price” for a climate emergency that it did relatively little to create.
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