NEW YORK: The United Nations is calling for a swift remedy to improve air quality in Southeast Asia as haze from Indonesia blankets cities in Singapore and Malaysia.
The record high levels of smog was having a serious impact on the health of people in the area and the governments in the region must take urgent and effective action to tackle the challenge, said Noelen Heyzer, the executive secretary of the Bangkok-based U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in a statement.
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