Mountain Partnership
13/03/2023
The Mountain Partnership is guided by an 18-member Steering Committee that represents the diversity of the entire membership and ensures geographic representation. A new Steering Committee is elected approximately every...
08/03/2023
"Technologies such as the internet are allowing mountain women to organize themselves into 'networks of solidarity'," said Sara Manuelli, Advocacy and Outreach Officer at the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, at the...
07/03/2023
The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA), a member of the Mountain Partnership, has launched the 2023 Mountain Protection Award (MPA). Created in 2013, the MPA celebrates its ten-year anniversary this year.  Across...
28/02/2023
On 15–17 February 2023, faculty and students of Utah Valley University (UVU) – a member of the Mountain Partnership – discussed their joint partnership to promote sustainable mountain development (SMD),...
23/02/2023
Taking stock of how science and technology can help address current and future challenges for feeding the growing planet, including in fragile ecosystems such as mountains, was the focus of...
22/02/2023
About 7 200 glaciers in Pakistan will be monitored thanks to a project being led by the EV-K2 Association, an Italian member of the Mountain Partnership. The Italian-Pakistani project "Glaciers and...
13/02/2023
Considering more than half of humanity relies on mountain freshwater for everyday life, the careful management of mountain water resources is a global priority. In the lead up to the...
10/02/2023
The Mountain Partnership Secretariat is pleased to announce the call for applications for the sixteenth IPROMO Summer School. This annual training programme on sustainable mountain development is jointly organized by...
09/02/2023
On 30 January 2023, the Ministry of Digital Development of the Kyrgyz Republic put a 2022 Kyrgyz Express Post (KEP) postage stamp into circulation dedicated to the International Year of...
06/02/2023
Advancing sustainability is the foundation for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the leading framework for international cooperation, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Another document, the United Nations Declaration...
03/02/2023
Invest Appalachia (IA), a regional social investment platform and member of the Mountain Partnership since 2022, has secured USD 19 million of new investment in the Invest Appalachia Fund (IA...
30/01/2023
Thirteen producers involved in the Mountain Partnership Products (MPP) initiative explored opportunities to increase synergies between Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) and Internal Control Systems (ICS) in organic agriculture during a...
27/01/2023
We are deeply saddened to report the loss of Antonio "Tuco" Aramayo, who passed away on 18 January 2023. Throughout his professional career, Antonio was devoted to the rural development...
27/01/2023
The Academic Consortium "International University of Kyrgyzstan", jointly with the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic and International Institute of Mountains, hosted an international conference on 19–21 January...
25/01/2023
Restoring mountain ecosystems is the theme of this year's International Mountain Day on 11 December. This theme was selected to fully include mountains in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030,...
24/01/2023
Calling all members of the Mountain Partnership, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat is compiling inputs for its 2022 Annual Report. Each year, the Secretariat dedicates part of its annual report to spotlighting...
20/01/2023
How can migration contribute to sustainable development in mountains? The Mountain Research and Development journal invites systematic assessments of innovative interventions or action research, empirical studies and meta-analyses on migration...
16/01/2023
The Mountain Partnership Secretariat has launched a Request for Expressions of Interest for a Service Provider. We are looking for a service provider to support the business incubation phase of the...
13/01/2023
Four national governments became members of the Mountain Partnership in 2022 – the Governments of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Korea, Panama and Tajikistan – raising the total number of member...
11/01/2023
Under the theme "Women move mountains", governments, organizations and individuals in 46 countries organized over 93 events to mark International Mountain Day (IMD) 2022. As the lead United Nations (UN) agency...
29/10/2004

The Declaration of the Andes, 29 October 2004 was adopted during the Second Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership in Cuzco, Peru. Download

05/05/2004

Framework for Action from the Second Global Meeting of the Mountain Partnership in Cusco, Peru - 2004   Download here

09/02/2004

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly at the 58th Session: Sustainable development in mountain regions. A/RES/58/216   Download here

21/10/2003

Letter dated 17 October 2003 from the Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General: Conclusions of the First Global Meeting of Members of the International...

01/09/2003

This report presents the results of work in progress. It applies GIS techniques and newly available geo-referenced data to understand conditions underlying poverty and hunger in the world, with special...

11/07/2003

International Year of Mountains, 2002Note by the Secretary-GeneralA/58/134   Download here

30/01/2003

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly in the 57th Session on International Year of Mountains, 2002. A/RES/57/245   Download here

01/11/2002

The Bishkek Global Mountain Summit in Kyrgyzstan marked the final global event of the International Year of Mountains. The "Bishkek Mountain Platform", a framework for action which contains recommendations for...

01/09/2002

Mountain paragraphs (pp. 33-4, chapter 42) in the Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002)    Download here

09/07/2002

Interim report on the International Year of Mountains, 2002Note by the Secretary-GeneralA/57/188   Download here

03/06/2002

The Bali Concept Document on an International Partnership for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions was adopted during the 4th Session of the Preparatory Committee Meeting for the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Bali, Indonesia, on 3 June 2002...

02/03/2001

Report of the Secretary-General on Sustainable Mountain DevelopmentE/CN.17/2001/PC/14 Download here

25/01/2001

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly at 55th Session.A/RES/55/189   Download here

01/09/1999

The thirteen papers presented in this publication review fish stocks and fisheries of mountainous areas of Asia: Himalayas (Bhutan, Nepal, northern states of India within the Himalayas), Western Ghats (India),...

10/11/1998

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on Sustainable mountain development at 53rd Session.A/RES/53/2419 November 1998 Download here

01/09/1998

Mountains and highlands have always played an important role in the history of humankind. They have been sources of valuable resources - freshwater arguably the most important, refuges, natural barriers,...

13/07/1992

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15/07/1991

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