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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.