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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.