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Put in collective efforts to protect environment

Says president

Unb, Dhaka
President Zillur Rahman emphasized on collective efforts to protect entire environment from atmospheric pollutions for the survival of the civilisation and to bring changes in people's lifestyle to face dire damages of climate change.
"It needs collective efforts to protect entire environment from atmospheric pollutions with a view to surviving the civilisation," he said at the inaugural ceremony of a seminar titled 'A new lease of life for asthma patients' at Sonargaon Hotel yesterday evening.
Ministry' of Environment and Forests, UNDP, UNEP, Bangladesh l ung Foundation, Ozone Secretariat, Mutual Fund and Implementation Committee of the Montreal Protocol and Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd jointly organised the seminar.
Addressing the function President Zillur said the people should have to bring changes in their lifestyle so that the environment can be saved from the dire damages of climate change. "Let us work unitedly for presenting a safe and habitable world to our posterity'.”
Urging the world commu-nity to uphold tire spirit of the Montreal Protocol in their works and actions, he strongly believed that the world community would extend their cooperation for the sake of entire mankind.
He added: "As you all know Chlorofluorocarbon, one of the greenhouse gases, destroys not only Ozone layer but also increases atmospheric temperature. Today we, the people of entire planet, are anxiously observing the adverse impact of Global Climate Change due to the increase of atmospheric temperature over the years.”
"It is forecasted that developing countries including Bangladesh would be severely affected owing to climate change and the raising of sealevel water.”
Referring to the concerns Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have raised at the 3rd Global Climate Conference in Geneva and also in UN General Assembly recently, President Zillur said she also called upon the world leaders to extend their cooperation and work together in protecting developing countries from the adverse effects of climate change.
"In this backdrop, we including the developed countries have to take more pragmatic initiatives to reduce the use of CFC and other greenhouse gases in balancing atmospheric temperature,” he added.
The president mentioned that Bangladesh is one of the signatories of the Montreal Protocol that has been enacted by the world community in 1987 to protect the Ozone layer. “Bangladesh has been closely working with the UN bodies to prevent the production and uses of greenhouses gases.”
He expressed satisfaction that the Ozone Secretariat and Montreal Protocol Mutual fund have extended their technical support and financial assistance to enter into CFC free atmosphere in pharmaceuticals products. "I appreciate their endeavours."
UNDP Resident Representative Renata Lok Dessallien, President of the Implementation Committee of the Montreal Protocol Robyn Wash bourne, Chairman of the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund Dr Husamuddin Ahrnadzai, Gilbert Bankobeza of the Ozone Secretariat, Rajendra Shende of the UNEP and Chief Executive Officer of Beximco Pharmaceuticals Nazmul Hasan MP, among others, spoke on the occasion.