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International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
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Observed by
| UN Members
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Begins
| 2001
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Date
| 6 November
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Next time
| 6 November 2024
(
2024-11-06
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Frequency
| annual
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The
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
is an
international day
observed annually on
November 6
.
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The International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict was established on November 5, 2001, by the
United Nations General Assembly
, during
Kofi Atta Annan
's tenure as secretary-general.
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Of this observance Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon
has since written,
"We must use all of the tools at our disposal, from dialogue and mediation to
preventive diplomacy
, to keep the unsustainable
exploitation of natural resources
from fueling and financing
armed conflict
and destabilizing the fragile foundations of peace."
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