By JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS
Saudi Arabia will chair the 5th conference of environment ministers from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member countries in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, on Thursday.
Head of the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) Prince Turki bin Nasser, who is also chairman of the executive office of the OIC environment ministers, said the conference would finalize the draft Islamic declaration on sustainable development, which will then be presented at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20), to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 20-22. The conference will also discuss a host of other issues related to environment and sustainable growth in the Islamic countries.
Speaking to a local Arabic daily, Prince Turki said the Astana conference was based on the guidelines of the Tunis Declaration adopted by the 4th Islamic Conference of Environment Ministers held in October 2010. The declaration also called for strengthening sustainable development in the Islamic world in a way that ensures protection of environment.
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