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Nisreen Elsaim

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2021-02-23
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  1. “As a young person, I am sure that young people are the solution. I urge Member States to give us more space, listen to us and engage young people. We are the present, and we own the future. Let us not repeat the lapse of previous generations. There should be no more doubts. We urge that Member States stop conflicts by stopping climate change, give us security and secure the future.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  2. “I very much welcome resolution 2524 (2020), on the new political mission, the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan, which, unlike military missions, can have a mandate on climate change and on the inclusion of young people. That is a historic opportunity to speak to the root causes of the conflict.What I most welcome is the mentioning of climate change and youth participation twice in the resolution. What I appreciate more is the inclusion in the Juba Peace Agreement of the issue of climate change and environmental degradation in the Sudan and the Two Areas, which reflects a high awareness of the threats to the sustainability of peace. Collecting data about conflict and climate change, consulting local communities and trusting in science will be my key recommendations for today.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  3. “Climate-related loss or changes of livelihood, as well as displacement and migration, increase the risk of gender-based violence and harmful practices. It is worth mentioning that women, young people and children are repeatedly impacted in those climate-insecure situations. Land and resources in Africa and many other parts of the world can no longer maintain young people because of climate change. Our search for a decent life, good and green jobs and proper access to services, as well as the new challenge of the coronavirus disease, means that the only solution for many will be migration — in-country, cross-border or internationally, legal or non-legal — exacerbating the risk of conflicts.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  4. “In 2018, the Security Council adopted resolution 2429 (2018), on the Sudan, which states: “Recognising the adverse effects of climate change, ecological changes and natural disasters, among other factors, on the situation in Darfur, including through drought, desertification, land degradation and food insecurity” (resolution 2429 (2018), twenty-first preambular paragraph). That paragraph and others describe it all. The survival of humankind in a situation of resource degradation, hunger, poverty and uncontrolled climate migration will make conflict an inevitable result. Moreover, climate-related emergencies cause major disruptions in access to health and life-saving sexual and reproductive health services.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  5. “On 17 April 2007, the Security Council held a ground-breaking open debate at the ministerial level on the relationship between energy, security and climate (see S/ PV.5663 and S/PV.5663 (Resumption 1)). In the same year, the eighth the Secretary- General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon described the conflict in Darfur as the first modern climate conflict. Today, after almost 14 years, this agenda item is still valid and we are discussing climate security. For a Sudanese young person, everything regarding climate change cannot be affiliated with security. We are living in continuous insecurity due to many factors, which has put the Sudan at the top of the list when it comes to climate vulnerability.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  6. “Let me start by thanking the members of the Security Council for allowing me to speak on this important and crucial issue. I would also like to extend special thanks to the United Kingdom presidency of the Security Council for the invitation. The Security Council has held six debates specifically on climate security risks — in 2007 (see S/PV. 5663), 2011 (see S/PV.6587 and S/PV.6587 (Resumption 1)), 2018 (see S/PV.8307), 2019 (see S/PV.8451) and two in 2020 (see S/2020/751), one of which was informal. It has included references to climate security risks in resolutions related to Somalia, the Sudan, West Africa and the Sahel, Mali and the Lake Chad basin. Science has forecast that many more countries will join that list if we do not take the right measures now and if we do not start adaptation, particularly in Africa.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source