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CAPE VERDE:

Jorge Custodio Santos said that for Cape Verde sustainable development is at the root of its development policy. The INCD should consider the vulnerable situation of Africa without losing sight of the political horizon while tackling the technical issues in negotiating the Convention. LDCs should participate in the GEF decision-making process and programmes to combat desertification should be financed through the GEF. The seriousness of the problems faced by SIDS is reflected in the progress made in the preparations for the Barbados Conference. Cape Verde supports a resumed PrepCom. He noted the positive developments in the Conference on Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks and called for a timely response on the issues of mechanisms for international cooperation, flag State responsibility, port State enforcement and compatibility and coherence between national and international conservation measures for the same stocks.