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Serbia takes over chairmanship over ICPDR
Belgrade/Vienna,
21 January 2008
The Serbian Ministry of Environmental Protection stated that on behalf of Serbia, Minister Sasa Dragin took over the chairmanship over the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) from his Romanian colleague Attila Korodi.
Dragin will be ICPDR president and activity leader this year, according to a statement.
As someone who is responsible for environmental protection in Serbia, I know well how difficult it is, and also necessary to harmonise the needs with sustainable use of natural resources, Dragin said.
He stressed that the base and efficient exchange of information among Danubian countries are very important and added that it is the main tool for prevention of damage in the countries of the lower stream due to accidents in the upper stream.
Serbia is particularly interested in providing full participation for countries that are not EU countries (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Moldova, Ukraine) in the work of this commission. Also, the inclusion of Montenegro, that will ratify the Danube River Protection Convention, is very important.
The Ministry also highlighted the importance of the second joint research of the Danube River and its tributaries conducted in August 2007.
In 2009, Slovakia will take over chairmanship over ICPDR from Serbia.
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ratified in January 2003 while the state union of Serbia-Montenegro became full member of ICPDR on August 19, 2003.
As someone who is responsible for environmental protection in Serbia, I know well how difficult it is, and also necessary to harmonise the needs with sustainable use of natural resources, Dragin said.
He stressed that the base and efficient exchange of information among Danubian countries are very important and added that it is the main tool for prevention of damage in the countries of the lower stream due to accidents in the upper stream.
Serbia is particularly interested in providing full participation for countries that are not EU countries (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Moldova, Ukraine) in the work of this commission. Also, the inclusion of Montenegro, that will ratify the Danube River Protection Convention, is very important.
The Ministry also highlighted the importance of the second joint research of the Danube River and its tributaries conducted in August 2007.
In 2009, Slovakia will take over chairmanship over ICPDR from Serbia.
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ratified in January 2003 while the state union of Serbia-Montenegro became full member of ICPDR on August 19, 2003.
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