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Kyrgyz Republic presents “Five Years of Action for the Development of Mountain Regions”

27.05.2022

On 24 May 2022, the Permanent Mission of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United Nations presented the concept of the “Five Years of Action for the Development of Mountain Regions” to the permanent missions of the United Nations Member States in New York.

The event was attended by the Permanent Representatives of several state parties, including those of the Group of Friends of Mountainous Countries. Statements were given by Qu Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and Alexander Trepelkov, Officer-in-Charge of the Division for Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Giorgio Grussu of the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS) presented the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development 2022. The event was moderated by Rosalaura Romeo, MPS, who congratulated the Kyrgyz Government for their leading role and promotion of the mountain agenda in her introductory remarks.

Nurlan Aitmurzaev, Special Envoy of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic for mountains, presented the “Five Years of Action for the Development of the Mountain Regions”, a concept for the five-year action plan that is meant to be the main outcome of the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development. He noted that mountain regions are composed by unique ecosystems. The problems they face due to climate change are mountain-specific; therefore, climate change adaptation and mitigation as well as the sustainable development of mountain areas requires implementing a specific measures focusing on mountain people and ecosystems’ needs.

During the presentation of the five-year action plan for the period 2023-2027, the Kyrgyz Republic announced a set of mountain initiatives aimed at addressing issues related to economy and trade, education and culture, environment, climate change, natural disasters and a lack of international cooperation in these fields. They advocated for the establishment of broad coalition of governments for mountains to better promote the visibility of mountain issues within various United Nations processes to bring mountains to the forefront of the discussion.

To formalize these efforts, the Kyrgyz Republic is planning to have the period 2023-2027 declared the “Five Years of Action for the Development of Mountain Regions” as part of a resolution to be presented during the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly. The Kyrgyz representatives encouraged United Nations Member States to support and co-sponsor the resolution.

News and photo by the Permanent Mission of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United Nations