UNGA announces 2023-2027 “Five Years of Action for Development of Mountain Regions” at initiative of Kyrgyzstan

At the initiative of Kyrgyzstan, the UN General Assembly announced 2023-2027 “Five Years of Action for the Development of Mountainous Regions,” the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic reports.

On December 14, 2022 the current 77th session of the UN General Assembly adopted the resolution “Sustainable Mountain Development”. At the initiative of the Kyrgyz Republic, this resolution declared 2023-2027 “Five Years of Action for the Development of Mountain Regions”. The resolution was adopted unanimously without a vote. 109 UN member states have become its co-sponsors, the statement says.

The initiative to announce the “Five Years of Action for the Development of Mountain Regions” belongs to President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Zhaparov. He voiced it at the General Debate of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly in September 2022.

During the current year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic and foreign institutions of the country conducted a large-scale campaign for the practical implementation of this initiative. In support of the resolution on the sidelines of the High-Level Week of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, the Kyrgyz Republic held a High-Level Meeting on Sustainable Mountain Development. The final statement of this Meeting was adopted as an official document of the UN General Assembly and calls on the UN member states to support the resolution.

The announcement of the “Five Year Plan” opens up wide opportunities for attracting grant assistance and investments in the economy of mountainous countries, including the Kyrgyz Republic, the development of a “green” economy and technologies, the creation of financial mechanisms to strengthen cooperation between mountainous countries, the development of science and education in the field of sustainable mountain development, implementation of projects and programs in the field of counteracting the negative effects of climate change, conservation of biological diversity and prevention of natural disasters in mountainous regions. The adoption of the resolution is the result of many years of activity of the Kyrgyz Republic to promote the interests of mountainous countries and confirm its leading position in this matter.