RP reelected vice chair of UN body on sustainable devt
The Philippines was reelected as Vice Chair of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UN-CSD), the Department of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday.
The UN-CSD elected Philippine Minister Eduardo Meñez of the Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the UN in New York to serve another one-year term as Vice Chair for Asia and the Pacific of CSD 19 for 2011.
Meñez currently sits as Vice Chair of CSD 18 for 2010.
The DFA described his election as a “move seen as a vote of confidence for the country's continuing advocacy for the advancement of global environmental and developmental issues," the DFA said in a release posted on its website.
"(The re-election is a) reaffirmation of the world's trust in the Philippines and its commitment to work closely with the community of nations to ensure that the pursuit of development will not be taken at the expense of the environment," Philippine Permanent Representative to the UN Libran Cabactulan said.
The UN-CSD is the high-level forum for issues of sustainable development within the UN System. It is responsible for reviewing how and to what extent such environmental programs as Agenda 21 and the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development are implemented.
The UN body’s tasks also include providing policy guidance to states and other bodies at the local, national, regional and international levels in following up the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation.
The CSD was established in 1992 by the UN General Assembly to ensure effective follow-up of the UN Conference on Environment and Development, also known as the Earth Summit.
Agenda 21 is a global agenda and plan of action for the 21st century crafted during the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The DFA said the Philippines has been swift in responding to the call of the Earth Summit to bring action at the local level in support of sustainable development.
The Philippine Council for Sustainable Development, created in 1992, is one such national mechanism for integrating the principles of sustainable development into the policies, plans and programs of the Philippine government.
The DFA added that the country has also been actively involved in regional efforts at habitat protection and management, including the preservation of the Coral Triangle, an area that covers nearly 2.3 million square miles of ocean across parts of the seas of six countries in the Indo-Pacific, including the Philippines.—Jerrie M. Abella/JV, GMANews.TV
The UN-CSD elected Philippine Minister Eduardo Meñez of the Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the UN in New York to serve another one-year term as Vice Chair for Asia and the Pacific of CSD 19 for 2011.
Meñez currently sits as Vice Chair of CSD 18 for 2010.
The DFA described his election as a “move seen as a vote of confidence for the country's continuing advocacy for the advancement of global environmental and developmental issues," the DFA said in a release posted on its website.
"(The re-election is a) reaffirmation of the world's trust in the Philippines and its commitment to work closely with the community of nations to ensure that the pursuit of development will not be taken at the expense of the environment," Philippine Permanent Representative to the UN Libran Cabactulan said.
The UN-CSD is the high-level forum for issues of sustainable development within the UN System. It is responsible for reviewing how and to what extent such environmental programs as Agenda 21 and the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development are implemented.
The UN body’s tasks also include providing policy guidance to states and other bodies at the local, national, regional and international levels in following up the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation.
The CSD was established in 1992 by the UN General Assembly to ensure effective follow-up of the UN Conference on Environment and Development, also known as the Earth Summit.
Agenda 21 is a global agenda and plan of action for the 21st century crafted during the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The DFA said the Philippines has been swift in responding to the call of the Earth Summit to bring action at the local level in support of sustainable development.
The Philippine Council for Sustainable Development, created in 1992, is one such national mechanism for integrating the principles of sustainable development into the policies, plans and programs of the Philippine government.
The DFA added that the country has also been actively involved in regional efforts at habitat protection and management, including the preservation of the Coral Triangle, an area that covers nearly 2.3 million square miles of ocean across parts of the seas of six countries in the Indo-Pacific, including the Philippines.—Jerrie M. Abella/JV, GMANews.TV
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