Statement by
Ms. Fatemeh Arab Bafrani
Second Secretary
Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations
Before the Third Committee of the 77th Session of the General Assembly
Item 69 (b) of the provisional agenda
Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms
Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Climate Change
New York, 21 October 2022
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Madam. Chair,
My delegation takes note of the report of the Special Rapporteur on this issue.
We welcome the points made by the Special Rapporteur in the report that there is a great injustice being manifested by developed economies against the poorest and least able to cope. These countries are failing in their human rights obligations to mitigate climate change and prevent its negative human rights impacts. They are the main emitters of green-house gases and have to take responsibility and contribute the most, in terms of enhanced international cooperation for providing financial, technological, and capacity-building support to developing countries in their mitigation and adaptation efforts.
We also welcome the recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur, to establish a loss and damage finance facility by the General Assembly.
Iran reiterates that illegal Unilateral coercive measures, including unlawful unilateral sanctions, are seriously constraining access to and transfer of relevant technologies and equipment that are essential for mitigation and adaptation programs and result in various transboundary and transgenerational implications for the present and future generations.
We believe that any cooperative approaches in climate change mitigation and adaptation should be inclusive and benefit everyone. We should avoid politicizing climate change issues. Disguising political objectives as climate change policies would erode confidence among parties. In this regard, the political interpretation of the Paris Agreement must also be avoided.
I thank you.
We are all faced with a global crisis as climate change is the most significant and pervasive threat to the natural environment and human societies the world has ever experienced. Due to this global crisis, the rights of people are being denied, including the right to, inter alia, life, health, food, development, self-determination, water and sanitation, work, adequate housing and etc.
In conclusion, we reiterate that multilateralism, peace, and cooperation in today's world, along with the observance of justice and equality, are definite necessity for improving the state of a healthy environment for all.