UN chief to travel to Pakistan to see ‘climate catastrophe’

UNITED NATIONS, 31 August 2022, (TON): UN spokesperson said “UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Pakistan next week following historic deadly flooding to see “the areas most impacted by this unprecedented climate catastrophe.”

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said “Guterres is expected to arrive in Islamabad on Sept. 9 and return to New York on Sept. 11.”

Unprecedented flash floods caused by historic monsoon rains have washed away roads, crops, infrastructure and bridges, killing at least 1,100 people in recent weeks and affecting more than 33 million, over 15 percent of Pakistan’s 220 million population.

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