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WSSD Preparatory Meeting in Indonesia

The High Commissioner attended the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) held in Bali, Indonesia, May 27-June7, 2002.

The Ugandan delegation comprised of Hon. Kezimbira Miyingo, Minister of State for Environment, Hon. Maria Mutagamba, Minister of State for Water, Amb. Semakula Kiwanuka, Uganda’s Permanent Representative to UN in New York, and Mr. Mubbala Kintu, Director, Lands and Environment.

The Ministerial level meeting was convened to prepare for WSSD due in South Africa in September 2002.

The meeting focused on the three pillars of sustainable development: social, economic
and environmental.

The meeting highlighted poverty eradication as the greatest global challenge. It agreed to the millennium goal of halving by the year 2015 the proportion of the people whose income is less than $1 a day. The developing countries called for establishment of a world solidarity fund to eradicate poverty and promote social and human development in the
developing countries. However, the proposal was opposed by some devel-oped
countries and it was deferred to the Johannesburg Summit. The developing countries also called for increased access to markets in the developed countries.

The Group of 77 called for support of NEPAD. At the insistence of Uganda, other initiatives for poverty reduction such as Poverty Reduction Strategic Papers (PRSP) were included. Uganda also called for implementation of Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAS)
and improved International Environmental Governance, both of which were taken on board.

The Conference considered the issue of a Political Declaration, as a commitment
High Commissioner in Indonesia by leadership at the highiest political level. Uganda pointed out that the Declaration should be short, precise, and should contain the following elements:

	A re-affirmation of the Rio Declaration.
	Concrete and clear goals of action for sustainable development with reference to time frames.
	Means of implementation i.e. additional financial resources, such as meeting ODA targets, reinforcing GEF, forging partnerships with business and other groups to provide funding.
	Clear reference and commitment to five areas of action as elaborated by United Nations Secretary-General: water and sanitation, energy, health, agriculture and biodiversity.
	Poverty eradication.
	Increased access to markets by developing countries.
	Implementation of multilateral environment agreements.

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