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OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s General Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment adopts Belarus' resolution on green economy

 

The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s General Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment on June 1 unanimously adopted Belarus' draft Resolution on Cooperation on the Transition to a Green Economy in the Context of Sustainable Development.

The resolution, sponsored by House of Representatives Deputy Chairperson Viktar Huminski, calls for implementing green economy principles in national strategies and programs for sustainable development; calls on the participating states to provide, on a bilateral and multilateral basis, international technical assistance and technological support for the development, transfer and dissemination of environmentally clean technologies, including through the establishment of a voluntary fund for the transfer of green technologies; urges the participating states “to refrain from adopting or applying any unilateral discriminatory economic, financial or trade measures that are contrary to international law or limit or prevent the achievement of green economy goals in the context of sustainable development”; and recommends that the OSCE hold an expert meeting “with a view to sharing experience on the transition to a green economy in the context of sustainable development and best practices in implementing green principles in the national economy.”

The document is a follow-up to a Belarusian-sponsored resolution on the promotion and use of new and renewable sources of energy, which was adopted by the committee in Monaco in July 2012.

The resolution is to be included in the 2013 Istanbul Declaration to be adopted on Wednesday at the final plenary meeting of the 22nd annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. //BelaPAN