Press Release, UN Environment Assembly (UNEA)
March 2nd, 2023 – The World Federation for Animals (WFA), representing 48 global animal protection organisations, has published a report one year on from the historic United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), where Member States passed the first-ever...
News, UN Environment Assembly (UNEA), UN Environmental Programme (UNEP), UN General Assembly
Arjan van Houwelingen, Chief, Strategic Policy and Public Affairs, WFA Date: 18 January 2023 On 14 December 2022, the United Nations General Assembly adopted two resolutions that recall and welcome the animal welfare – environment – sustainable development...
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...
Farmed animals, Food and Agriculture Organization, UN Environment Assembly (UNEA)
Clara Gobbe, Policy Officer Together with 154 other NGOs, the World Federation for Animals co-signed ProVeg’s joint letter to the President of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) urging them to take a...