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address climate change in accordance with the principles identified in the
Convention, including the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities
and respective capabilities, and looking forward to a successful and ambitious
outcome of the sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention
and the sixth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the
Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, to be held in Cancun, Mexico, from 29 November to
10 December 2010;
(h) Continuing to increase sustainable access to safe drinking water and
basic sanitation by prioritizing integrated water and sanitation strategies, which
include the restoration, upgrading and maintenance of infrastructure, including
water pipelines and sewage networks, as well as promoting integrated water
management in national planning and exploring innovative ways of improving the
tracking and monitoring of water quality;
(i) Promoting integrated waste management systems, in partnership with all
relevant stakeholders and with international financial and technological support, as
appropriate;
(j) Redoubling efforts to close the sanitation gap through scaled-up groundlevel action, supported by strong political will and increased community
participation, in accordance with national development strategies, promoting the
mobilization and provision of adequate financial and technological resources,
technical know-how and capacity-building for developing countries in order to
increase the coverage of basic sanitation, especially for the poor, and noting in this
regard the global effort to realize “Sustainable sanitation: the five-year drive to
2015”;
(k) Working towards cities without slums, beyond current targets, by
reducing slum populations and improving the lives of slum-dwellers, with adequate
support of the international community, by prioritizing national urban planning
strategies with the participation of all stakeholders, by promoting equal access for
people living in slums to public services, including health, education, energy, water
and sanitation and adequate shelter, and by promoting sustainable urban and rural
development;
(l) Taking measures to ensure the sustainable management of marine
biodiversity and ecosystems, including fish stocks, which contribute to food security
and hunger and poverty eradication efforts, including through ecosystem approaches
to ocean management, and to address the adverse effects of climate change on the
marine environment and marine biodiversity;
(m) Supporting the efforts of countries to preserve fragile mountain
ecosystems as an important source of fresh water and as repositories of rich
biological diversity, with a view to achieving sustainable development and
eradicating poverty;
(n) Promoting sustainable consumption and production patterns, in
accordance with the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable
Development (“Johannesburg Plan of Implementation”);4
(o) Fostering a greater level of coordination among national and local
institutions responsible for economic and social development and environmental
protection, including with respect to the promotion of investments relevant for
sustainable development;
(p) Working towards a successful United Nations Conference on Sustainable
Development in 2012.
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