ENB:03:04
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INDIA:
B.K. Handique said that developing countries are
concerned that even while environment is getting the priority and
attention it deserves, adequate efforts are not forthcoming to
translate these concerns into challenges that are effectively
tackled. There are no increments in flows of developmental
assistance nor mechanisms for facilitating the transfer of
environmentally sound technology. Diversion of existing resources
has also taken place. On the positive side, there has been a fair
amount of activity on the institutional level to translate several
of the commitments and agreements at Rio into reality. India
welcomes the establishment of the ad hoc intersessional working
groups on finance and technology transfer. India supports the INCD
as desertification is a problem that threatens the future of the
entire planet. India accepts having a regional instrument for
Africa ahead of instruments for the other regions that suffer from
desertification. More work is needed on the Convention on
Biological Diversity to ensure resources for the activities
emerging from the Convention, the identification of full
incremental costs, and working out an effective financial
structure. India also hopes that the GEF restructuring will
conclude successfully in Cartagena and be assured of adequate
resources.