A Clarion Call to H.E. Antonio Guterres Secretary General UNO

Excellency Mr. António Manuel de Olivera Guterres GCC GCL,

Greetings.

Pakistan is extremely grateful for your visit, particularly at this time when the devastation of the floods (caused by the adverse affects of climate change) has caused thousands of deaths, injuries, illnesses, absolute damages to the fields, infrastructure, standing crops and houses including over a million cattle has also perished, plus world’s highest ever Internally Displaced Population of about 40 million is now forced to live under the open sky and the blistering sun of the summer.

Today the climate change in Pakistan is such a major issue which can only be compared with the destruction of Japan and the European nations at the end of the World War II.

The climate of Pakistan has changed over the past several decades, with significant impacts on the environment and people.

In addition to increased heat, drought and hottest temperature in the world in certain parts of the country, the melting of glaciers (Pakistan has 7000 glaciers which is the highest in the world besides the polar regions) in the Himalayas has adversely impacted some of the important lakes and rivers of Pakistan.

Between 1999 and 2018, Pakistan ranked 5th in the countries affected by extreme weather caused by climate change, which ranking now in 2022, must have gone to the 1st position, by any yardstick of absolute devastation and miseries caused by the recent floods, as, a minimum of 40 million uprooted population of Pakistan is now forced to live on highways and open places while suffering from illnesses of Dengue, Malaria, Cholera, Typhoid and skin ailments.

Factually, Pakistan is being punished by the greenhouse gas emissions of the Western and other developed countries, as Pakistan’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are less than 1% of the world total, and GHG emissions per person, at 2 tonnes per year, are less than half the global average.

In view of the situation explained above, which you will be personally viewing during your visit to Pakistan, it is earnestly hoped that the UNO under your able leadership will immediately spring into action to not only help Pakistan to rebuild the country, but a mechanism or a Marshall plan type scheme be developed to compensate Pakistan’s losses and sufferings caused by GHG emissions of the developed world, for which, as a first step, all foreign loans/debts obtained from (countries and lending agencies) by Pakistan, must be immediately waived off, exactly in line with your motto, at Twitter account quoted below:

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‘We will never, ever give up making this world better for everyone, everywhere.’
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We thank you once again and highly value your visit to Pakistan, at these extremely tough and difficult times, when our entire nation is grappling with flood emergency.

Warm Regards,

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad
+92 321 9402157
Lahore – Pakistan
www.snayyar.com