Emine Erdoğan, spouse of the President of Türkiye and chair of the UN High-Level Advisory Board on Zero Waste, met Amy Pope, director general of the International Organization for Migration, on the sidelines of the 31st session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31), held in the Turkish city of Antalya.
Emine Erdoğan said Gaza was the focus of the meeting, explaining that the two sides discussed steps that could be taken through international cooperation to protect “our displaced Palestinian brothers” and ensure their access to humanitarian aid.

The meeting came as international warnings continued over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip with the arrival of winter. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa received a standing ovation during his address to the COP31 plenary session, while the exhibition “Hope of Return: Return – The Story of an Olive Tree,” which portrays the humanitarian tragedy and environmental destruction in Gaza, was being held in Antalya on the sidelines of the conference.