Amazon forest fires can have catastrophic consequences says UN official

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet warned on Monday that the fire that was destroying the Amazon rainforests could have a devastating effect on humanity as a whole. In the opening session of the Human Rights Council, Bachelet said that the number of deaths and losses in Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay in recent weeks may never be known, according to the report of the news agency Effe.

Much of Bachelet’s speech was devoted to the climate crisis. A three-week session began with her speech.

Drawing attention to scientific evidence, she firmly stated that the world had never seen such a big threat to human rights.

She said, “This is a situation where no country, any institution or any policy maker can stand apart.”

Bachelet said, “The economy of all nations, the institutional, political, social and cultural fabric of every nation and the rights of all your people – will have an impact on generations to come.”