ENB:03:04
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NEW ZEALAND:
Amb. Colin Keating reaffirmed New Zealand's
strong support for a global moratorium on driftnet fishing and
called on the States concerned to take urgent steps to implement
the moratorium and to provide full details to the Secretary-General
on any alleged incidents of driftnet fishing. For the CSD, the
challenge is to strike the right balance between keeping the
political spotlight on environment and development issues, and
going about the nuts and bolts work of implementation of Agenda 21.
To ensure that the CSD does not go the way of some other UN
organizations and become bogged down in bureaucracy, New Zealand
believes there is room to improve the current guidelines for
national reporting. New Zealand supports the proposal to convene a
resumed PrepCom for the Conference on Sustainable Development of
Small Island Developing States.