Hungary
Mr. Chairman,
First, let me express a word of appreciation especially for the way you, your Bureau
and the Secretariat prepared this session, and how effectively you facilitate our
political debate.
In addition to what was said by Ireland also on our behalf, I wish to call your attention
to two essential issues regarding water and sanitation, namely
· The transboundary aspects of various watercourses: the joint responsibility for
such shared natural resources by the riparian states is a critical issue in many
regions of the world. This is relevant both in quantitative and qualitative terms.
I am the representative of a country, Hungary which is in a very specific
situation since 95% of our waters flow in from other countries and finally all of
our waters are passed on to downstream countries and eventually to the Black
Sea. In this regard the comprehensive National Sanitation Plan for the next
eleven years is essential.
· The second point is the market instruments. The development and use of such
instruments are of paramount importance both for the sustainable use of water
resources and the solution of the sanitation problems. As primarily countries
themselves are responsible for coping with their water and sanitation tasks, the
use of relevant market and financial instruments ?at home? is crucial. We are
now extensively using such instruments in Hungary, including proper water and
sanitation pricing, water and soil pollution fines and load charges.
Therefore, I recommend to pay due attention to the above issues when we make
preparations for the next session of the CSD.
Moreover, I wish to articulate such further priorities as
· links not only between water, sanitation and human settlements but also with
thematic clusters which will be later on our agend a, namely: energy and
transport in context of human settlements; climate change and biodiversity in
relation to water, etc.,
· water-related extreme events, such as droughts and floods, and the need to
enhance international co-operation on these problems.
I thank you, Mr. Chairman.
First, let me express a word of appreciation especially for the way you, your Bureau
and the Secretariat prepared this session, and how effectively you facilitate our
political debate.
In addition to what was said by Ireland also on our behalf, I wish to call your attention
to two essential issues regarding water and sanitation, namely
· The transboundary aspects of various watercourses: the joint responsibility for
such shared natural resources by the riparian states is a critical issue in many
regions of the world. This is relevant both in quantitative and qualitative terms.
I am the representative of a country, Hungary which is in a very specific
situation since 95% of our waters flow in from other countries and finally all of
our waters are passed on to downstream countries and eventually to the Black
Sea. In this regard the comprehensive National Sanitation Plan for the next
eleven years is essential.
· The second point is the market instruments. The development and use of such
instruments are of paramount importance both for the sustainable use of water
resources and the solution of the sanitation problems. As primarily countries
themselves are responsible for coping with their water and sanitation tasks, the
use of relevant market and financial instruments ?at home? is crucial. We are
now extensively using such instruments in Hungary, including proper water and
sanitation pricing, water and soil pollution fines and load charges.
Therefore, I recommend to pay due attention to the above issues when we make
preparations for the next session of the CSD.
Moreover, I wish to articulate such further priorities as
· links not only between water, sanitation and human settlements but also with
thematic clusters which will be later on our agend a, namely: energy and
transport in context of human settlements; climate change and biodiversity in
relation to water, etc.,
· water-related extreme events, such as droughts and floods, and the need to
enhance international co-operation on these problems.
I thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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