Wed 28th April 2021 | 10:50 PM
UNITED NATIONS, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Apr, 2021 ) :The United Nations General Assembly Wednesday adopted a resolution aimed at preventing drowning, which claims over 235,000 lives a year worldwide.
In adopting the resolution, sponsored by Ireland and Bangladesh, the 193-member Assembly acknowledged the issue for the first time in its 75-year history.
The vast majority of drowning deaths over 2.5 million in the last decade could have been prevented, it was pointed out.
The new resolution said that drowning affects every nation of the world though its impact is disproportionate 90 percent of deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, with Asia carrying the highest burden.
Thursday, 29 April 2021, 5:12 am
Ireland, Bangladesh worked with UN organizations to
bring the resolution on drowning, which claims hundreds of
thousands of lives every year
NEW YORK, 28
April - The United Nations General Assembly today
adopted a historic Resolution on drowning prevention,
acknowledging the issue for the first time in its 75-year
history.
Drowning cost the world over 2.5 million
lives in the last decade. The vast majority of these deaths
could and should have been prevented.
The new
Resolution, an initiative by Bangladesh and Ireland, and
co-sponsored by 79 Member States, recognizes that drowning
affects every nation of the world – though its impact is
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