PM Modi to virtually address high-level dialogue on desertification, land degradation at UN on June 14

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the high-level virtual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on desertification, land degradation and drought next week.

PM Modi, President of the 14th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP14 President), will address the high-level virtual event convened by President of the 75th session of General Assembly Volkan Bozkir with the support of the UNCCD on the morning of June 14, according to a media advisory issued here by the office of the General Assembly President.

The purpose of this conference is to assess the progress made in fighting land degradation and map the way forward on global efforts to revive and restore healthy land.

The high-level event will also be addressed by Deputy UN Secretary-General Amina Mohamed, Undersecretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification Ibrahim Thiaw and Coordinator of the Association of Peul Women and Autochthonous Peoples of Chad (AFPAT) Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim as well as Heads of State and Government, ministers and senior UN officials.

Land is the foundation of our societies and is a cornerstone to global food security and environmental health, zero hunger, poverty eradication and affordable energy. It underpins the success of the entire 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the advisory said.

Modi had inaugurated the high-level 14th session of the Convention of the Events to the United Nations Conference to Fight Desertification in New Delhi in September 2019.

The Convention had adopted the Delhi Declaration during which events inspired the transition and elevated entry to power in rural and concrete communities within the context of initiatives geared toward combating desertification/land degradation and drought and attaining land degradation neutrality and resilience-building.