Madam Chair
Cambodia associates itself with the statement delivered by the
distinguished representative of Sudan on behalf of Group-77 and China.
As a contribution to the accomplishment of the ultimate goal of the
CSD-17, Cambodia's delegation would like to see the proper realization of
agricultural development based on clean and green environmental
conscience, which crucially serves as a driving force for balancing rural
development and agriculture with ecology.
Secondly, there is a need for the CSD-17 to establish a funding agency and
mechanism involving all multi stakeholders, private-public development
parternship, farmers, artisanal associations and civil society in
assisting the developing countries and the less developed countries to
gradually cary out green revolution through green growth actions to be
concretized from the modernization of agriculture.
Thirdly, equitable trade on agriculture and produces is to be quickly
enhanced through South-South and North-South dialogues and liberalization
of an agricultural sector, with an emphasis on openning up market access
to agricultural exports from the low-income countries and various
developing countries.
Then, clean technology transfer and financial assistance to developing
countries and less developed countries, in particular the most vulnerable
countries to climate change and underdeveloped conditions are to be
reinforced and enforced so that a national poverty reduction target of
those countries can be significantly attained.
Fourthly, land reform policies, in joint conjunction with effective
governance from the public institutions and the private sector as well as
the integrated management of water, agriculture and rural development are
found as neccessary to be conducted, strengthened and accelerated. Such
action can systematically and holistically ensure the effective
integration of land, water and agriculture into an harmonizing engine of
economic, rural and social development. This, in the long-run, mainstreams
rural development and agriculture into adaquate food supply and
sustainable ecology with sound management of natural resources to support
the world growing population.
Lastly, addressing climate change impacts and challenges and developing
realistic adaption strategies on a global, regional and national scale are
of great value in the promotion of raising agricultural productivity and
reducing double standards amongst the developed countries, developing
countries and the less developed countries. Therefore, food and
agricultural crisis can be largely cut down and be ultimately resolved.
Joint efforts, concrete measures and actions with budget allocated for the
combat against climate change, the modernization of agriculture from green
revolution, the fight against drought and dessertification and concerted
solutions to global financial and economic crisis are to be taken. The
collaborative measures and actions create an enabling environment for
member countries and observing countries of the CSD to quickly achieve the
strategic development goal with a sustainable environmenton a global
scale.
Thank you.
