Zero Waste & other topics - PGA Spokesperson Briefing

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly.

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:02:36
• Production Date: 30 March 2023
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: KUBIAK, PAULINA
• Subject Topical: ENVIRONMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS; WASTE MANAGEMENT
• MAMS Id: 3029767
• Parent Id: 3029587

Description

Underway is the High-level meeting of the General Assembly on the role of zero waste as a transformative solution in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

The meeting coincides with the International Day of Zero Waste, which is marked today for the first time, having been created through a GA resolution adopted in December 2022.

In his remarks to the event, President Csaba Kőrösi commended Türkiye and First Lady Emine Erdoğan for championing this issue as part of a global push to tackle climate change.

The President notes that we have to embrace the circular economy of reduce, reuse, and recycle, and transform the way we produce and consume goods and services.

Quote “Achieving zero waste is not just an environmental issue; it is a social and economic issue.”

The remarks were delivered by Ambassador Aksoltan Ataeva, Permanent Representatives of Turkmenistan and Vice-President of the General Assembly, who is overseeing the morning session of this all-day event.