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(e) To reaffirm our commitment, subject to national legislation, to respect,
preserve and maintain the knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and
local communities embodying traditional lifestyles relevant to the conservation and
sustainable use of biological diversity, promote their wider application with the
approval and involvement of the holders of such knowledge, innovations and
practices and encourage the equitable sharing of the benefits arising from their
utilization;
(f) To work expeditiously towards the establishment of a worldwide early
warning system for all natural hazards with regional nodes, building on existing
national and regional capacity such as the newly established Indian Ocean Tsunami
Warning and Mitigation System;
(g) To fully implement the Hyogo Declaration 18 and the Hyogo Framework
for Action 2005–2015 19 adopted at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, in
particular those commitments related to assistance for developing countries that are
prone to natural disasters and disaster-stricken States in the transition phase towards
sustainable physical, social and economic recovery, for risk-reduction activities in
post-disaster recovery and for rehabilitation processes;
(h) To assist developing countries’ efforts to prepare integrated water
resources management and water efficiency plans as part of their national
development strategies and to provide access to safe drinking water and basic
sanitation in accordance with the Millennium Declaration1 and the Johannesburg
Plan of Implementation,3 including halving by 2015 the proportion of people who
are unable to reach or afford safe drinking water and who do not have access to
basic sanitation;
(i) To accelerate the development and dissemination of affordable and
cleaner energy efficiency and energy conservation technologies, as well as the
transfer of such technologies, in particular to developing countries, on favourable
terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed, bearing
in mind that access to energy facilitates the eradication of poverty;
(j) To strengthen the conservation, sustainable management and
development of all types of forests for the benefit of current and future generations,
including through enhanced international cooperation, so that trees and forests may
contribute fully to the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals,
including those contained in the Millennium Declaration, taking full account of the
linkages between the forest sector and other sectors. We look forward to the
discussions at the sixth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests;
(k) To promote the sound management of chemicals and hazardous wastes
throughout their life cycle, in accordance with Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg
Plan of Implementation, aiming to achieve that by 2020 chemicals are used and
produced in ways that lead to the minimization of significant adverse effects on
human health and the environment using transparent and science-based risk
assessment and risk management procedures, by adopting and implementing a
voluntary strategic approach to international management of chemicals, and to
support developing countries in strengthening their capacity for the sound
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A/CONF.206/6 and Corr.1, chap. I, resolution 1.
Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to
Disasters (A/CONF.206/6 and Corr.1, chap. I, resolution 2).
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