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INDONESIA:

Ngurah Swetja said that the particular challenge of the CSD is to give practical expression to the pledges and commitments made in Rio. He stressed the need for new and additional financial resources and the transfer of environmentally sound technology for developing countries to implement Agenda 21. He welcomed the CSD's decision to establish two ad hoc working groups on these issues. The role of the UN system is also important in Agenda 21 implementation and to this end coordination and cooperation among UN agencies and organizations is of critical importance. Indonesia supports the Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States and believes that a resumed PrepCom is necessary to allow governments sufficient time to work on the plan of action and the Barbados Declaration. The INCD is also important as this will be the first environmental convention to be negotiated after Rio. The task of the INCD is not only to achieve agreement on a set of practices and conditions so that the utilization of drylands does not lead to degradation, but also to develop and strengthen integrated development programmes to tackle the socio-economic causes of desertification. Indonesia also supports the proposal to convene two additional sessions of the Conference on Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. He also stressed the need to ensure the full participation of all countries in UNCED follow-up activities and urged that conflicting scheduling of meetings be avoided.