Prime Minister Ana Brnabic today announced at the opening of the Fifth Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health that environmental protection should not be important for the sake of the European path alone and the fulfillment of the Sustainable Agenda UN development, but for ourselves and for generations to come.
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Protecting environment for future generations
Belgrade,
19 November 2019
Brnabic stressed at a gathering at the Palace of Serbia that it is one of the most challenging topics on Serbia's European path and an area that required the greatest investment.
We in the government are aware of how much we have to work and how much money we have to invest in environmental protection, in order to reach European standards, and especially in the protection of rivers and water quality, the Prime Minister said.
She recalled that a law ratifying the Water and Health Protocol was adopted in January 2013 and that Serbia became the 26th country to accept the goals of the protocol.
The Prime Minister highlighted several projects addressing drinking water and wastewater issues, pointing out that the biggest problems with drinking water are in Vojvodina.
In Zrenjanin, for example, tap water was banned for drinking in 2004, as in Kikinda, she recalled, adding that huge funds are also being invested in wastewater treatment plants.
The Prime Minister stated that €60 million will be invested for this purpose in Niš, €55 million in Kragujevac, 14 in Kruševac, €12 million in Vranje and €3.5 million in Raska.
Due to insufficient investment in the water supply network, she said, a large amount of drinking water is wasted in Serbia, and losses are particularly high on local government networks, where they reach up to 60%.
Serbia has chaired the Protocol on Water and Health from 2017 to the present, and from today on, Belarus will preside.
The two-day conference in Belgrade is organised by the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of the Environment and the World Health Organisation.
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