Transcript MAURITIUS STRATEGY & SIV PLANNING MEETING BEQUIA 2005 Declaration of the Civil Society Forum, 6-9 January 2005 SIDS INTERNATIONAL MEETING.

MAURITIUS STRATEGY &
SIV PLANNING MEETING
BEQUIA 2005
Declaration of the Civil Society
Forum, 6-9 January 2005
SIDS INTERNATIONAL MEETING
CIVIL SOCIETY PROCESS
• National- Regional- International
• Assessing, Reviewing & Sharing on BPoA
• Focus on Priority Issues
• Consensus on Recommendations
• NOTE: Implementation not satisfactory
VISION
• A more equitable world
• A world:
- More human
- Genuinely democratic
- Human beings full participants
- Determine their own destinies
CALL FOR ACTIONS
Government
Natural Disasters
• Pledge for reconstruction of stricken areas by
•
Tsunami based on principles of equitable &
participatory sustainable development
Welcome debt freeze & call for cancellation of all
debt
Natural Disasters
• Establish instruments & mechanisms that
operationalise early warning system &
disaster mitigation
Agriculture
• Recognition of the right of our people to
food security and sovereignty
Marine Resources
• Sustainable use of marine resources &
marine biodiversity
• Appropriate training & tools for the fishing
communities who are the stewards and
custodians of these resources
Renewable Energy
• Develop & accelerate renewable and clean
energy programmes
Health
• Health and Education to be recognised as
human rights
Biodiversity
• Implementation of adequately funded and
effective strategies for biodiversity
conservation & invasive species
management.
• Comprehensive ban on the patenting of all
life forms & review past patents
Participatory Processes
• Institutionalisation of participatory
processes at all levels of decision making
& implementation;
• Ensuring inclusiveness & realization of full
human and environmental rights
• Communities must be at the core of policy
making & sustained investment
International Standards
• Ratify all core ILO Conventions & to
ensure strict adherence to the
international standards
Nuclear Proliferation
• Cessation of nuclear proliferation,
transportation & transhipment of
hazardous, radioactive & nuclear
materials
Militarisation
• Closure of all foreign military bases on
SIDS territories & the restoration and
return of those lands to the SIDS
concerned.
AOSIS
• AOSIS to adopt a formal structure
COMMITMENT TO ACTIONS BY
CIVIL SOCIETY
•
•
•
•
Partnership
Commitment to work with SIDS Governments &
development partners to advance the implementation of
the Mauritius Strategy.
Ensure institutionalization of the effective participation of
all stakeholders in determining policy at all stages
Develop benchmarks & indicators of implementation
Encourage faith-based communities to play a more
active role in the implementation of the Mauritius
Strategy
Trade & Globalisation
• Set up immediately mechanisms for the
•
•
protection of SIDS’ natural resources & markets
and their people from the adverse effects of
globalisation and trade liberalisation.
Commit ourselves to fostering fair trade,
protection of consumer rights & promoting
south-south cooperation.
Call for the review of rules & agreements of
WTO that adversely affect the lives of people in
SIDS
Trade
• Call for SIDS to be compensated for the
negative effects of trade liberalisation &
that the benefits be shared by the citizen
without imposition of any conditionalities
Technologies
• Identification & adoption of technologies
that are appropriate & reflect SIDS’
realities & vulnerabilities.
Natural Disasters
• Establish new or strengthen existing
mechanisms to address natural and man
made disasters
Climate Change
• Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, call for
the sharing of technologies & information,
promotion of appropriate technologies to
aid SIDS in mitigating & responding to
disasters
Culture
• Assure & promote the proper identification,
•
protection, promotion & packaging of cultural
heritage including indigenous knowledge.
Commit ourselves to creating a world with
strong cultural values, eliminate violence in any
form, eradicate discrimination & promote
equality of gender & youth empowerment
Agriculture
• Support the precautionary principle
underlying the responsible use of
agricultural inputs, use of GMOs while
protecting & enhancing livelihood, and
small scale & traditional agriculture and
indigenous species.
Water & Sanitation
• Re-affirm that access to safe & affordable
water and sanitation are basic human
rights
Women’s Rights
• Reaffirm & recommit to the principles of
women’s rights as Human Rights
Special Fund
• Establish & make operational a SIDS Civil
Society Implementation Fund
Conclusion of Declaration
• Commit ourselves to creating a world
where social justice & equity prevails
Plan of Action
• The Formal structuring of a SIDS Civil
Society Network
• The popularisation of the Mauritius
Strategy at community level
• The development of benchmark and
indicators for implementation
• Develop parallel implementation progress
report for submission to the UN
Challenges
• Structuring
• Development of a coherent approach that
add value to other international processes
while ensuring that the specificities of
SIDS are given due consideration.
• Thank You