Speech by Ms Egly Pantelaki, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment at a Mediterranean Side Event at the Rio + 20 Conferene on Sustainable Development, June 19, 2012

Mr. Chairman,

First of all, I would like to congratulate the Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development, UNEP/MAP, the European Commission, the Union for the Mediterranean, the Foundation Prince Albert II, as well as all the other co-organisers of this very important event, which gives us the opportunity to relate the themes of this Conference with the challenges of our region. [Read more…]

Mr Chair,

Allow me first to congratulate and express our appreciation to the Government and people of Brazil for the organization of this Conference and their warm hospitality. I would also like to extend the appreciation of my country Cyprus, to the UN system and services as well as to all national civil servants and experts involved in the road to Rio, for steering the path through a minefield of uncertainties. [Read more…]