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SAARC action plan to deal with environmental issues urged
The first meeting of the SAARC committee on environment began here Monday to examine the recommendations of the draft regional study on environment, identify measures for immediate action and decide modalities of tire implementation, reports BSS.
. The 3-day meeting will also make preparatory work for the ministerial meeting io be held In April in Delhi to frame a common' stand of the SAARC countries at the UN conference on environment and development scheduled to be held in Brazil in June next-
Inaugurating the meeting Environment Forest. Fisheries and Livestock Minister -Abdullah Al-Noman under scored tire importance of a coordinated SAARC action plan
to address the problems of environmental degradation including natural disaster and depletion of natural resources in the region.
' He suggested undertaking necessary joint action programme under SAARC as well as at natforutl level for dealing with the urgent environmental issues.
Over 20 delegates from all the SAARC member slates are participating in this expert level meeting.
Presided over by Additional Secretary-In-charge of the Ministry of Environment and Forest M. Abdur Rashid. The inaugural session was also addressed by the State Minister for Environment and Forest Goycswar Cliandra Roy. SAARC Secretary General Ibrahim
Hussain Zaki and Director General of the bcparlment of Environment Risalat Ahmed.
The minister pointed out that damages to echo-system and pollutions originated from different development .activities of a country affects other countries too. He said there was no alternative to expansion of regional cooperation for strengthening the combined capabilities of the slates Io deal with tlicse environmental issues.
SAARC Secretary General Ibrahim Hussain Zaki said tliat live draft regional-study on environment was prepared com-l ming the national study of each state which outlined the problems relating to environment and natural disasters and
their individual efforts for prevention and remedy. This study was the first of Its kind in the region at Inter-governmental level.
He said that the study now needs to be translated into ac- ' tion-oriented programmes and strategies.
He said that in the back drop international negotiations on environmental issues at various UN and multilateral bodies It became imperative for the developing countries to put their acts together to defend thejr Interests and voice common views concerning their technological and financial constraints and the Inter-linkages of environmental Issues with development crisis and poverty.