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UN United Nations : Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General 06/03/2021 | 05:41pm EDT Send by mail : Message : Required fields The following is a near-verbatim transcript of todays noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General. All right. Good afternoon. Everybody is awake? Just checking. ** - Corruption As the General Assembly holds a special session against corruption today, the Secretary-Ge...

UN: Risk of Massive Oil Spill in Red Sea Grows Daily Voice of America 04 Jun 2021, 09:35 GMT+10 NEW YORK - The U.N. environment chief warned Thursday that the risk of a massive oil spill in the Red Sea is growing daily, as Yemeni rebels prevent international experts from accessing an old, neglected tanker carrying more than 1 million barrels of crude oil. "In the event of a fire or an explosion, around 4.8 million people in Yemen and 350,000 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia could be exposed to ha...

UN calls on Yemen’s Houthis to allow stranded oil tanker probe Al Jazeera English © Houthi rebels are in control of Yemen’s western Red Sea ports where the stricken tanker has been moo... Houthi rebels are in control of Yemen’s western Red Sea ports where the stricken tanker has been moored since the 1980s [AFP] The UN Security Council has called on Yemen’s Houthi rebels to quickly allow UN experts to examine an oil tanker moored off the country’s coast loaded with ...

The United Nations There has been no further investigation into the state of the FSO Safer, a stricken tanker anchored just 4.8 nautical miles off the Yemen coast, meaning the risk of a massive oil leak continues to grow with each passing day, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Thursday. In her first briefing since last July, Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), reminded ambassadors that an agreement reached in November with Houthi forces, fo...

The U.N. environment chief warned Thursday that the risk of a massive oil spill in the Red Sea is growing daily, as Yemeni rebels prevent international experts from accessing an old, neglected tanker carrying more than 1 million barrels of crude oil. "In the event of a fire or an explosion, around 4.8 million people…

The health of the planet and the health of people are like two sides of the same coin. Degradation increases human-wildlife conflicts and has been linked to outbreaks of animal borne diseases such as Covid-19,...

UN Security Council warns of growing risk the FSO Safer moored off the coast of western Yemen could rupture or explode.

Secretary-General António Guterres announced the launching of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a “global movement” that “will bring together governments, businesses, civil society, and private citizens in an unprecedented effort to heal the Earth.” UNIFEED

The Houthis, who control access to the FSO Safer, have prevented the UN from sending a technical team to assess the risk of a potential massive oil spill.

Press Release – UN News Heads of Government, religious leaders, activists and artists joined the United Nations on Friday in a rallying cry to heal the planet, launching the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration . It calls for stepping up efforts to prevent, halt and reverse … Heads of Government, religious leaders, activists and artists joined the United Nations on Friday in a rallying cry to heal the planet, launching the . It calls for stepping up efforts to prevent, halt and reverse degr...