Turkish first lady to visit New York for Zero Waste Day

Turkish first lady to visit New York for Zero Waste Day

Turkish first girl Emine Erdoğan will go to New York on March 30 to attend a session to mark International Day of Zero Waste.

As a particular visitor of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Erdoğan will make a name for the zero-waste challenge applied in Türkiye to develop into widespread on this planet.

In 2017, beneath the auspices of Erdoğan, Türkiye launched the zero-waste challenge to focus on the significance of eliminating waste in combating the local weather disaster.

The challenge has obtained worldwide reward, with Guterres expressing his gratitude to Türkiye’s first girl throughout a convention in New York in September final yr.

The UN General Assembly unanimously adopted a decision on a zero waste initiative offered by Türkiye declaring March 30 as International Day of Zero Waste.

On Feb. 24, Maimunah Mohd Sharif, the chief director of the UN Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) visited Türkiye to point out solidarity after the highly effective Feb. 6 earthquakes in southern area, the place she invited the primary girl to inaugurate the session on March 30, in addition to ship a keynote tackle on the UN-Habitat General Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya on June 5-8.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu may also accompany Erdoğan throughout his go to to New York.

Source: www.anews.com.tr