In his capacity, as Chairman of a Global NGO with ECOSOC status, the United Nations invited Lord Loomba CBE to attend opening session of the General Assembly on 25th September, 2015, which was inaugurated by Pope Francis.
Lord Loomba was also pleased to have received a second invitation to attend the Special High-Level Sustainable Development Goals session – “A New Rural Development Paradigm and the Inclusive and Sustainable New Communities”, which was hosted by the President of Korea and attended by the UN Secretary General, HE Ban Ki-moon and four Presidents of other countries, on 26th September, 2015.
The United Nations held its 70th session of the General Assembly at its Headquarters in New York, which was attended by the Heads of States and Heads of Governments from all over the world. The main agenda of the General Assembly this year was to celebrate 70 successful years of the United Nations and adopt Sustainable Development Goals, which followed the Millennium Development Goals.
Secretary General, H E Bank Ki-moon, invited Pope Francis to address the distinguished Assembly of Nations. In his address, the Pope spoke about many issues including people’s welfare and climate change around the world.
The Pope Francis said “Economic and social exclusion is a complete denial of human fraternity and a grave offence against human rights and the environment. The poorest are those who suffer most from such offences, for three serious reasons; they are cast off by society, forced to live off what is discarded and suffer unjustly from the abuse of the environment. They are part of today’s widespread and quietly growing - Culture of Waste”.
