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...
UN Environment Assembly (UNEA), Wild animals
James Yeates, CEO of World Federation for Animals At this year’s UN Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.2), several G77 countries are sponsoring a Resolution on the animal welfare, environment and sustainable development nexus. It calls on Member States to recognise...
Blog, UN, UN Environment Assembly (UNEA)
Animal welfare is still missing at the UN and particularly in its Agenda for the Environment, even if it benefits from a growing recognition at the UN, particularly in the reports of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Secretary-General. With the...
