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BOLIVIA:
Erwin Ortiz Gandarillas appealed to the
international community and the developed countries to honor the
commitments they made in Rio. There is a need to reject the status
quo and reverse the current process of unfair economic and social
disparities that exist. He hopes that the Spirit of Rio, as
demonstrated by the participation of major groups and NGOs,
democracy, transparency and the placement of the human being at the
center of development, will prevail. However, Bolivia feels that
the international community is departing from the Spirit of Rio and
adopting business as usual. Developing countries are still paying
for the effects of debt, structural adjustment, and unfair terms of
trade. The establishment of the CSD and the creation of the two
intersessional working groups on finance and technology are moves
in the right direction. Bolivia also supports the GEF
restructuring, the Conference on Straddling and Highly Migratory
Fish Stocks and the Conference on the Sustainable Development of
Small Island Developing States. The INCD is of crucial importance
as desertification affects the core of underdevelopment.