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RUSSIAN FEDERATION:

Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Victor I. Danilov-Danilyan confirmed Russian commitment to Rio and the CSD and acknowledged a great gap between Russian desires for national sustainable development and the slow progress to date. Russia has set up an inter-departmental commission for implementing a plan of action to be considered by the government. He noted the transboundary nature of problems and the global benefits of assistance for national action.