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Since 2009, there has been renewed international interest in efforts to enhance the weak legal framework intended to protect the environment in relation to armed conflicts (PERAC). The topic is currently under consideration by the UN’s International Law Commission, it is being addressed by the International Committee of the Red Cross, and has also been the feature of resolutions at the UN Environment Assembly. Meanwhile, wider questions around environmental security are increasingly on the agenda of the UN Security Council.

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On 5 November 2001, the UN General Assembly declared 6 November of each year as the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

Global messages marking #EnvConflictDay 2023

To mark the United Nation’s International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment Through War and Armed Conflict 2023 – #EnvConflictDay, we invited friends and colleagues from areas affected by armed conflicts to share a message. Here’s what they wrote. 

Twitter: #PERAC

AP1 'prohibited to destroy, objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, such as... water installations and supplies and irrigation works, for the purpose of denying them for their sustenance value to the civilian population or to the adverse Party' #perac

Pleased to see @UNEP launching its searchable online database of resolutions and decisions from the UN Environment Assembly and its predecessor the Governing Council. It's a window into the history of conflict and the environment... 🧵https://www.unep.org/environmentassembly/documents-and-resolutions?title=conflict&field_document_session_value=All&field_year_of_document_value=All&field_type_of_document_value=All #PERAC 1/7

Fantastic to see @SREnvironment address the impacts of armed conflicts on the enjoyment of the Right to Healthy Environment in her first report to the #UNGA. 💚 #PERAC

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