Historic Animal Welfare Resolution Adopted at United Nations Environment Assembly
The resolution had unanimous support from Member States highlighting the nexus between animal welfare, environment, and sustainable development
Nairobi, 2 March 2022 – A resolution on animal welfare was adopted at the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), it has secured backing from a majority of Member States.
The Animal Welfare – Environment – Sustainable Development Nexus resolution proposed focused on how to deliver the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) whilst simultaneously addressing animal welfare and its relationship with humans and the ecosystem.
FOUR PAWS, the global animal welfare organisation, who had observer status at the high-level assembly session in Kenya, said that this was a “historic and watershed moment for the animal welfare movement, which was decades in the making.”
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FOUR PAWS is the global animal welfare organisation for animals under direct human influence, which reveals suffering, rescues animals in need and protects them. Founded in 1988 in Vienna by Heli Dungler and friends, the organisation advocates for a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. The sustainable campaigns and projects of FOUR PAWS focus on companion animals including stray dogs and cats, farm animals and wild animals – such as bears, big cats and orangutans – kept in inappropriate conditions as well as in disaster and conflict zones. With offices in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Kosovo, the Netherlands, Switzerland, South Africa, Thailand, Ukraine, the UK, the USA and Vietnam as well as sanctuaries for rescued animals in eleven countries, FOUR PAWS provides rapid help and long-term solutions. www.four-paws.org