By Trend
Turkmenistan came forward with an initiative for developing a
special UN program for the Aral Sea Basin, Trend reports referring
to the Vatan newspaper.
The document is intended to provide an integrated approach to
solving the Aral crisis with the broad participation of all
interested parties.
Turkmenistan is chairing the International Fund for the Aral
Saving (IFAS) this year.
Established in the 1990s by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, IFAS aims to finance joint projects
and programs to save the Aral Sea and improve the environmental
situation in the Aral Sea region.
IFAS was granted an observer status in the UN General Assembly
in December 2008.
The fund pays special attention to improving the regional action
plan on environmental protection in Central Asia and speeding up
the process of accession of the region states to the Framework
Convention on Environmental Protection for Sustainable
Development.
This issue was discussed at a government meeting. President of
Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov ordered to monitor the
progress of implementation of projects of environmental
significance in order to ensure environmental management and the
successful preservation of the environment overall.
---
Follow us on Twitter @AzerNewsAz