ENB:03:04
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NICARAGUA:
On behalf of the Central American States, Amb.
Erich Vilchez Asher expressed concern that there are not sufficient
resources allocated to the GEF and Capacity 21 and urged the
adoption of bolder more flexible funds. He welcomed the entry into
force of the Biodiversity Convention and said that the Central
American countries will participate in the Conference of Parties
after ratification. He mentioned a number of areas where the
Central American States are cooperating on environment and
development issues. Thanks to regional cooperation, there is now a
Central American Commission on Environment and Development, the
environmental dimension is being integrated into national and
regional planning processes, and all countries now have
environmental protection laws or bills under discussion. In
November 1992, the Central American presidents signed a regional
agreement on the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes and in
October 1993 a regional forest protection policy was agreed to. He
hopes that Habitat II will address the relationship between
external debt, environmental protection and poverty. He also
welcomed Malaysia's proposal to establish an inter-governmental
group on forests.