News, One Health, World Health Organization (WHO)
On 1st December 2021, the World Health Assembly decided to establish an Intergovernmental Negotiating Body under the World Health Organization (WHO) to draft and negotiate an international instrument strengthening pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response. The...
Blog, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
On 4 April 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the intergovernmental body tasked under the UN to act as a clearing house for scientific information about human-induced climate change, released the third part of its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), which...
Blog, UN Environment Assembly (UNEA), UN Environmental Programme (UNEP)
On 2 March 2022, the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA), the highest-level decision-making body on the environment adopted 14 resolutions to strengthen actions for nature. In addition to the animal welfare nexus resolution, a big win for humans, animals, and the planet,...
Blog, UN, UN Environment Assembly (UNEA)
James Yeates, CEO of World Federation for Animals February 2022 was historic. It was a challenging but ultimately successful process through the preparatory meetings for the UN Environment Assembly. On 25th February, the UN Environment Programme’s Committee of...
Press Release, UN Environment Assembly (UNEA)
World Federation for Animals African Union Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources Africa Network for Animal Welfare ____________________________________________________________ Member States at UNEA-5 adopt a pioneering resolution recognising the link between animal...
