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GERMANY:
Prof. Dr. Klaus Tpfer, German Federal Minister for
the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, stated
that Agenda 21 must become an integral structural element in both
the Agenda for Development and the Agenda for Peace. The CSD must
further the coordination within the UN system in the field of
environment and development. The ad hoc working groups on finance
and technology, as well as other government initiatives, must
provide a basis for clear political decisions at the second CSD
meeting. With regard to the Climate Change Convention, Germany will
host the first Conference of Parties in March-April 1995 in Berlin.
He stressed the importance of the Conference on the Sustainable
Development of Small Island Developing States and the Conference on
Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. With regard to the
INCD, apart from the global geographical significance of
desertification, particular attention must be directed at the
African countries.
In order to react adequately to the global environmental problems
faced today, it is essential that there be a deep-seated ecological
structural change in economies and societies, Topfer continued.
Important elements include an ecologically oriented national
account, environmentally friendly technology, and strengthening of
capacity building. With regard to implementing the forest
principles, at the second CSD meeting participants must agree on an
adequate mechanism to ensure an efficient treatment of the topic in
1995. He also supported the GEF restructuring, the need to open up
markets, and the importance of environment and trade.