UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has nominated special envoys for El Nino and Climate
- Former Irish President Mary Robinson
- Kenyan diplomat Macharia Kamau
El Nino Weather occurrence every two to seven years results in change of rainfall patters and causes drought and flooding
Affecting Area:
- Sudan – UN estimated that 400000 people need food due to El Nino related drought
- Ethiopia – Experienced severe drought ever in 50 years
Statements by UN:
- The occurrence has created massive needs across the world in East Africa, Southern Africa, Central America and Pacific nations
- El Nino severely affected by Climate Change
- Severe weather pattern are expected in the future
- Provided help is not enough as it is required to build the resilience of the most susceptible
- New elected special envoys will be responsible for “raising the profile and sounding the alarm”
- We need to scale up humanitarian response and need to give full support and attention of the International Community
About Robinson:
Served as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
About Kamau
- Kenya’s ambassador to the United Nations and former president of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Board
- Co-chair of the UN General Assembly working group on sustainable development goals
About El Nino
- Warm phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation`
- Associated with a band of warm ocean water that develops in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific, including off the Pacific coast of South America.
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