ASEAN
Mr. Chairman, distinguished Ministers and delegates,
I have the honor to speak on behalf of the ten member countries of ASEAN ? Brunei
Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand, and Viet Nam.
ASEAN associates its statement with the Group of 77 and China.
This session of the CSD is taking place as we prepare to meet for the United Nations
Conference on Sustainable Development next year in Brazil.
The UNCSD 2012?s significance remains as profound as the Earth Summit held twenty years
before.
As the Conference comes off the heels of several interconnected crises within the past few
years, the impetus now is to recalibrate global growth to be more congruent with the spirit and
letter of sustainable development.
However, the Conference should not be about creating a new path.
What is needed is to walk the path we have set in Rio and Johannesburg. This will be the key to
unleashing the power of sustainable development.
However, we do also need to explore potential catalysts that would strengthen the sustainable
development path. The Conference?s themes the green economy and institutional framework
on sustainable development are timely issues to discuss.
We need effective institutions to consider issues that relate to the integration of the three pillars
of sustainable development. The CSD has filled this role since Rio. And it should continue to
play a leading role, including fulfilling its mandate of reviewing and monitoring progress.
We should explore avenues such as the green economy, and consider the opportunities it
provides in accordance with our respective national development objectives and priorities.
Mr. Chairman,
This session of the CSD is taking policy decisions on several areas that link to sustainable
consumption and production patterns (SCP), and the life cycle approach.
Mining, transport, chemicals, waste management are sectors that relate to our daily lives. They
also have a vital role in poverty eradication and a sustainable future for all.
The supply of transport should enhance efforts towards greater connectivity and economic
development, while also contributing to less pollution and improving social conditions.
With mining, sustainable practices and strengthening of corporate social and environmental
responsibility, as well as Public-Private partnerships, should support community livelihoods
and countries? development plans.
Given that more waste is being generated globally, there is a need to consider how we can
reduce, reuse and recycle more effectively. There should be a particular focus by CSD-19 on
building capacity to implement such policies.
As for chemicals and hazardous waste, the convening of simultaneous extraordinary meetings
of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in Bali, in
February 2010 was an important step to enhance synergies between the three conventions.
Greater coherence in international environmental governance indeed is key to the effective
implementation of one of the pillars on sustainable development.
In line with the spirit to strengthen the synergies between the conventions, ASEAN will seek to
optimize the current Basel Convention Regional Center for South East Asia (BCRC-SEA)
situated in Indonesia. Through the Center, which serves as a center for regional capacity
building for both sound chemical and waste management within the ASEAN Region, we will
further promote regional cooperation in partnership between developed and developing
countries.
Mr. Chairman,
Ultimately, to ensure that sustainable consumption and production patterns play a lasting role
requires political will, raising awareness and encouraging good practices.
Awareness is the basic foundation that promotes a virtuous cycle of responsible choices for
consumption and production. Thus, through awareness, demand for socially and
environmentally responsible goods, as well as demand for good practices, is being created. This
in turn will also stimulate corporate responsibility and also inspire innovations that use less
resources, create less waste, and advance people?s social conditions.
The ten year framework on sustainable consumption and production patterns that CSD-19 will
be adopting is an important contribution that we hope can launch a global movement towards
sustainable consumption and production practices. There is a need to assist developing
countries in the implementation of the framework, including a mechanism to facilitate
environmentally sound technologies, strengthen capacity building, and provide financial
resources to developing countries for the transformation to sustainable consumption and
production. It?s also important for the ten year SCP framework to promote awareness raising as
part of its programs and activities.
ASEAN itself considers it important to be pro-active, prepared and forward looking on this
issue. In this connection, ASEAN conducted an ASEAN Forum on Sustainable Consumption
and Production, in April this year, in Jakarta. The Forum welcomed a proposal to establish a
regional cooperation mechanism to serve as a platform for enhancing and strengthening
ASEAN cooperation. The mechanism is envisioned as a means to facilitate the implementation
of the 10 year framework on SCP in ASEAN.
Before I close, I would like to once again reiterate the importance of this session?s link to
UNCSD 2012.
Mr. Chairman, distinguished Ministers and Delegates,
Finally, in my capacity as the Minister for Environment of the Republic of Indonesia, please
allow me to convey to all of you the invitation to join the High Level Dialogue on the
Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development to be held in Solo, 19 ? 21 July 2011. I do
hope that the result of the dialogue will contribute to the preparation of Rio+20.
Thank you.
I have the honor to speak on behalf of the ten member countries of ASEAN ? Brunei
Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand, and Viet Nam.
ASEAN associates its statement with the Group of 77 and China.
This session of the CSD is taking place as we prepare to meet for the United Nations
Conference on Sustainable Development next year in Brazil.
The UNCSD 2012?s significance remains as profound as the Earth Summit held twenty years
before.
As the Conference comes off the heels of several interconnected crises within the past few
years, the impetus now is to recalibrate global growth to be more congruent with the spirit and
letter of sustainable development.
However, the Conference should not be about creating a new path.
What is needed is to walk the path we have set in Rio and Johannesburg. This will be the key to
unleashing the power of sustainable development.
However, we do also need to explore potential catalysts that would strengthen the sustainable
development path. The Conference?s themes the green economy and institutional framework
on sustainable development are timely issues to discuss.
We need effective institutions to consider issues that relate to the integration of the three pillars
of sustainable development. The CSD has filled this role since Rio. And it should continue to
play a leading role, including fulfilling its mandate of reviewing and monitoring progress.
We should explore avenues such as the green economy, and consider the opportunities it
provides in accordance with our respective national development objectives and priorities.
Mr. Chairman,
This session of the CSD is taking policy decisions on several areas that link to sustainable
consumption and production patterns (SCP), and the life cycle approach.
Mining, transport, chemicals, waste management are sectors that relate to our daily lives. They
also have a vital role in poverty eradication and a sustainable future for all.
The supply of transport should enhance efforts towards greater connectivity and economic
development, while also contributing to less pollution and improving social conditions.
With mining, sustainable practices and strengthening of corporate social and environmental
responsibility, as well as Public-Private partnerships, should support community livelihoods
and countries? development plans.
Given that more waste is being generated globally, there is a need to consider how we can
reduce, reuse and recycle more effectively. There should be a particular focus by CSD-19 on
building capacity to implement such policies.
As for chemicals and hazardous waste, the convening of simultaneous extraordinary meetings
of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in Bali, in
February 2010 was an important step to enhance synergies between the three conventions.
Greater coherence in international environmental governance indeed is key to the effective
implementation of one of the pillars on sustainable development.
In line with the spirit to strengthen the synergies between the conventions, ASEAN will seek to
optimize the current Basel Convention Regional Center for South East Asia (BCRC-SEA)
situated in Indonesia. Through the Center, which serves as a center for regional capacity
building for both sound chemical and waste management within the ASEAN Region, we will
further promote regional cooperation in partnership between developed and developing
countries.
Mr. Chairman,
Ultimately, to ensure that sustainable consumption and production patterns play a lasting role
requires political will, raising awareness and encouraging good practices.
Awareness is the basic foundation that promotes a virtuous cycle of responsible choices for
consumption and production. Thus, through awareness, demand for socially and
environmentally responsible goods, as well as demand for good practices, is being created. This
in turn will also stimulate corporate responsibility and also inspire innovations that use less
resources, create less waste, and advance people?s social conditions.
The ten year framework on sustainable consumption and production patterns that CSD-19 will
be adopting is an important contribution that we hope can launch a global movement towards
sustainable consumption and production practices. There is a need to assist developing
countries in the implementation of the framework, including a mechanism to facilitate
environmentally sound technologies, strengthen capacity building, and provide financial
resources to developing countries for the transformation to sustainable consumption and
production. It?s also important for the ten year SCP framework to promote awareness raising as
part of its programs and activities.
ASEAN itself considers it important to be pro-active, prepared and forward looking on this
issue. In this connection, ASEAN conducted an ASEAN Forum on Sustainable Consumption
and Production, in April this year, in Jakarta. The Forum welcomed a proposal to establish a
regional cooperation mechanism to serve as a platform for enhancing and strengthening
ASEAN cooperation. The mechanism is envisioned as a means to facilitate the implementation
of the 10 year framework on SCP in ASEAN.
Before I close, I would like to once again reiterate the importance of this session?s link to
UNCSD 2012.
Mr. Chairman, distinguished Ministers and Delegates,
Finally, in my capacity as the Minister for Environment of the Republic of Indonesia, please
allow me to convey to all of you the invitation to join the High Level Dialogue on the
Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development to be held in Solo, 19 ? 21 July 2011. I do
hope that the result of the dialogue will contribute to the preparation of Rio+20.
Thank you.