Alberic Kacou
The plans were revealed yesterday in Dar
es Salaam by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry of Foreign Affairs
and International Cooperation, John Haule at the opening session of the
UN anniversary week themed ‘Changing Peoples’ Lives, Greening the
Environment for Sustainable Livelihoods’.
Without giving details, Haule said the
government plans to invite Malawi back to the negotiating table so as to
once and for all resolve the matter that threatens the fragile peace in
the region.
Highlighting the importance of partnership
and emphasising the need to maintain a peaceful enabling environment
for development activities, the PS acknowledged that environmental
degradation is linked to peace, security and stability which is evident
today from the growing pressure for arable fertile land, green pastures
and water sources.
“It is in our collective interest
therefore to address the challenges of environmental degradation to
ensure future sustainable peace, development and prosperity…” the PS
emphasized.
Haule went on to convey his belief that
the UN week will rejuvenate long standing collaboration between the
government of Tanzania and the UN to reinforce the roles and
responsibilities of joint partnership and strengthen commitment for
successful implementation of the United Nations Development Assistance
Plan (UNDAP 2011-2015) aligned with the government’s development
priorities for the country.
For his part, UN Resident Coordinator for
Tanzania, Alberic Kacou said that the Global Climate Change increasingly
evident in the form of floods, droughts, environmental degradation are
posing challenges for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
UN has continuously stressed on
environmental conservation because it recognizes that sustainable and
environmentally sound development play a key role in reinforcing and
broadening the impact of economic growth.
“For too long we have tried to consume our
way to prosperity. Look at the cost, polluted land and oceans, climate
change, growing scarcity of resources from food to land to fresh water,
rampant inequality. We need to invent a new model, a model that offers
growth …that is more respectful of the planet’s finite resources. Nature
has been kind to human beings, but we have not been kind to nature…”
Kacou quoted the UN Secretary General Ban-ki-moon.
Coordinator Kacou also added that UN has
been and will continue to assist Tanzania in adopting to the Global
Climate Change but conceded that more effort must be employed in a
sustainable way that will conserve the environment, combat deforestation
and increase agricultural prosperity in the country.
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