Author
and Founder of Vegan International, Sharon Wallenberg met with Ambassador
Abdoulaye Barro and Minister Saliou Dieng of Senegal to discuss a UN Convention
Against Speciesism during a recent trip to the United Nations.
Minister
Fritzner Gaspard from Haiti also met with Ms. Wallenberg. He suggested
that Vegan International form a Caribbean coalition to support their proposed
U N Convention Against Speciesism. These developing nations are at risk
of incurring diet related disease, and skyrocketing health care costs, as they
develop, potentially transitioning from their traditional plant-based diet to
the unsustainable meat and dairy based diet. Additionally, these islands
are vulnerable to rising water from global warming making the UN Convention Against
Speciesism an attractive solution.
South
African First Secretary Diyana Tayobd was ‘very keen’ to meet with Ms.
Wallenberg during her recent trip to the UN. South Africa wants to
present statistics to the UN Second Committee on the relationship between
Animal Agriculture (methane) and Climate Change. Climate Change causes
are being taken very seriously by South Africa.
In
all, there were a total of ten Ambassadors, Deputies, Ministers, and others who
met with Vegan International Founder, Sharon Wallenberg, from Tuesday, October
8 to Friday, October 11, 2019 to discuss the UN Convention Against Speciesism.
Two Ambassadors were unable to schedule a meeting for this visit. They
will be met with next time. Ultimately, Vegan International hopes to make
the proposed UN Convention Against Speciesism a reality.
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