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negotiating an international regime on access and benefit sharing. We look forward
to the successful outcome of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to
the Convention on Biological Diversity, to be held in Nagoya, Japan, from 18 to
29 October 2010;
(f) Supporting the implementation of national policies and strategies to
combine, as appropriate, the increased use of new and renewable energy sources and
low emission technologies, the more efficient use of energy, greater reliance on
advanced energy technologies, including cleaner fossil fuel technologies, and the
sustainable use of traditional energy resources, as well as promoting access to
modern, reliable, affordable and sustainable energy services and enhancing national
capacities to meet the growing energy demand, as appropriate, supported by
international cooperation in this field and by the promotion of the development and
dissemination of appropriate, affordable and sustainable energy technologies and the
transfer of such technologies on mutually agreed terms;
(g) Maintaining that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change7 is the primary international, intergovernmental forum for negotiating the
global response to climate change, calling upon States to take urgent global action to
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;
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