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Working
Group III: Sustainable Development Governance
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Co-Chair
Lars-Goran Engfeldt (Sweden) with Rod Holesgrove, DESA
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Luis Carpio-Govea, Venezeula, on behalf of the G-77/China,
said that the goal of WSSD was not to fix Agenda 21, but to examine
why it has not been implemented and to create the institutional
architecture to ensure its implementation. She noted certain faults
in the paper, such as a tendency to weaken the economic pillar
of sustainable development, and too much micromanagement of institutions
and governments at the national level.
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Ihab
Gamaledldin, Egypt,
and John Ashe, Antigua and Barbuda |
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Nauru
emphasized the importance of subregional institutions and called
for reference to the Barbados Plan of Action |
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Chair
Anaedu speaking with representatives of the G77/China regarding
tomorrow's threatened deadline for submitting proposals for the
revised version of the Chair's compilation text. |
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Co-Chair Lars-Goran Engfeldt and Ositadinma Anaedu
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Chair Anaedu explained
that he wanted to hear general comments from delegations, and
that detailed textual proposals should be submitted in writing.
He explained that the comments will be compiled by the Secretariat
and that actual negotiations will take place at PrepCom-IV in
Bali.
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The EU
stated that strengthening sustainable development governance
would be an evolutionary process. She said that language on
social and human rights should be further strengthened. She
expressed the group's support for the IEG process and called
for a new section on empowerment of major groups.
In a later intervention, the
EU said all countries should ensure they have a national
strategy for sustainable development implemented by 2005 at
the latest.
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Saudi
Arabia speaks with Senegal |
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The Russian Federation opposed universal membership for
the GMEF and CSD. He said that the new functions of the CSD should
not only include the implementation of partnerships which have been
authorized at the summit, but also the preparation and launching
of new partnerships. |
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Turkey
noted key elements that should be included in the document, including
education, stakeholder participation and access to justice. He
stressed the importance of youth involvement
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Mexico
stressed the importance of the Monterrey Consensus,
and promoting sustainable development through education and formal
apprenticeships.
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Canada
called for adding additional groups, such as educators, to the
list of Major Groups. He expressed his opposition to the concept
of the "right to development". Norway
called for encouraging the involvement of civil society in the
multilateral trading system.
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