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BELGIUM:

On behalf of the European Union, Belgium urged that the CSD intersessional working groups should focus on technical aspects, not policy. The INCD was given a clear mandate and should produce a convention of universal application, with specific attention to Africa. The Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States should not renegotiate Agenda 21. The chapter on finance should be drafted in a balanced manner and the document should place more emphasis on cross-sectoral issues. He urged that the time allotted to the future work programme be used for real negotiation. The draft of the Barbados Declaration, a work method and agenda are essential for compromise on the future work programme. On the Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, the solution must be based on cooperation and the rights of all States within and outside their exclusive economic zones. The EU believes that UNEP and Habitat should be merged under the same director, as this arrangement has been working well.