INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
aiming to raise awareness about the importance of health, and sustainability.Stressing the need for global and regional cooperation to
manage and mitigate the effects of sand and dust storms, the General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution establishing 12 July as the
invited all Member States and other relevant stakeholders to observe International Day, in an appropriate manner and in accordance with
national priorities, through education and activities aimed at raising public awareness of the importance of combating such storms for human
health and well-being; the promotion of sustainable land use and management; enhancing food security and resilience to climate change; and
sustainable livelihoods.SDS in IranThe Department of Environment has set up a secretariat for the international conference on combating sand
and dust storms which is scheduled to be held in Tehran on September 9-10.In February, DOE chief Ali Salajeqeh said that based on the
successful experiences of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the field of combating sand and dust storms, the United Nations introduced Iran as
the host of the international conference on combating sand and dust storms, IRIB reported.Arrangements have been made with the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and in July, this meeting will be held in Tehran with the presence of the environment ministers of the world countries,
Salajeqeh said.The Department of Environment will hold five international meetings in the current Iranian calendar year that started on
headquarters for policymaking and controlling dust storms have been held and the results of these meetings should be evaluated and made
public, he stressed.In the field of diplomacy, the Department of Environment has held meetings with neighboring countries to the extent that
Egypt has also announced its readiness to attend the Tehran meeting, he highlighted.He pointed out that a delegation from Iran will travel
to Iraq in the near future to discuss the issue of sand and dust storms in order to make decisions to deal with the problem.In July 2022,
Tehran played host to a conference of ministers and officials from 11 countries, aiming to boost cooperation for resolving extant
environmental problems, especially sand and dust storms.Environment ministers of Iraq, Armenia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Syria, and
Qatar, as well as deputy ministers of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan along with delegations from Turkey and Uzbekistan, participated in the
Raisi emphasized that the preservation of the environment is essential and an inevitable priority.Raisi had earlier obliged the Department
of Environment to diligently pursue the solution of sand and dust storms through diplomacy and international forums, as well as interaction
region, is an inevitable priority today
If the environment is not safe and peaceful for people, the development will not be in its proper place and it will even become a threat to
provinces.According to studies, eight large sand and dust storm hotspots stretching to 270 million hectares in neighboring and Persian Gulf
countries are affecting Iran.Regional maps show that Saudi Arabia produces the highest level of particulate matter, followed by Iraq, Syria,
Kuwait, and the UAE, respectively.According to experts, natural and human factors are involved in the occurrence and severity of this
phenomenon which is mainly caused by excessive consumption of water and drying up reservoirs.To deal with sand and dust storms, positive
measures have been taken inside the country.A ten-year plan has been prepared to curb internal sources of sand and dust storms.The internal
dust sources are estimated at 34.6 million hectares, generating an average amount of 4.22 million tons of dust per year, about 1.460 million
good results, but it seems that the annual credit is declining as conditions improve.Letizia Rossano, the director of the Asian and Pacific
Centre for the Development of Disaster Information Management (APDIM), said in June 2022 that Iran is really at the forefront of
understanding the problem of sand and dust storms as well as dealing with it.More than 80 percent of the entire populations of Turkmenistan,
Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and the Islamic Republic of Iran are exposed to medium and high levels of poor air quality due to sand and
