UN calls for fight against dust and sand storms

The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday proclaimed 2025-2034 as the United Nations Decade to Combat Sand and Dust Storms, extreme weather events that are increasing and threatening health and economies from central Africa to northern China.

Ugandan Ambassador to the UN Godfrey Kwoba, who introduced the resolution on behalf of the Group of 77, a powerful UN grouping of 134 developing countries and China,** told the 193-member…