'Heart of Borneo' shown as good example
HRH Prince Mohamed Bolkiah: Presented the rainforest programme as an example of modern multilateral cooperation. Picture: Info Digi NUREMBERG, 14 Mac - Duli Yang Teramat Mulia Paduka Seri Pengiran Perdana Wazir Sahibul Himmah Wal-Waqar Pengiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah, Menteri Hal Ehwal Luar Negeri dan Perdaganagan berangkat menghadiri working dinner bertempat di Town hall.Hak Milik Jaba
Saturday, March 17, 2007
HIS Royal Highness Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, has presented to his counterparts in the Asean-European Union Ministerial Meeting in Germany the Heart of Borneo rainforest preservation programme as an example of modern multilateral cooperation on complex issues.
Brunei's Foreign Affairs minister is attending the 16th Asean-EU Ministerial Meeting in the city of Nuremberg which has endorsed the "Nuremberg Declaration on an Enhanced EU-Asean Partnership".
The so-called Heart of Borneo holds huge tracts of continuous pristine forest straddling the transboundary highlands of Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia. The future of this forest heritage depends on the cooperative programme of all three governments which recently signed a declaration to protect and manage rainforests on Borneo Island.
At the sidelines of the meeting, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Thursday that the EU will continue to "wait and see" what the outcome was of the process to form a Palestinian national unity government.
This he said after reports from Gaza that Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya would make known the members of the unity government.
Meanwhile, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday that the EU wants Thailand to proceed rapidly towards a return to democracy.
Thai Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram had laid out a "roadmap to democracy" during the two days of talks in the German city, Steinmeier said at the closing press conference.
The programme foresaw a draft constitution being presented in May, followed by a referendum and elections set for the beginning of December, said the German foreign minister, who co-chaired the meeting under the auspices of the German EU presidency.
Steinmeier expressed broad support for the programme and voiced "the hope that Thailand will find the road back to democracy quickly".
Steinmeier rejected any comparison between Thailand and Myanmar, saying the situations in the two countries were "very different".
At the meeting, which takes place every two years, EU leaders expressed strong opposition to the regime in Myanmar.
EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner called on Asean to pressure Myanmar to improve its human rights record and to release Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
"The thing is that we want to see Myanmar change," she said.
"I think it is also for our Asean partners to bring them into a more suitable position to go into human rights, into democracy ... having an included national dialogue and finally seeing Aung San Suu Kyi released," Ferrero-Waldner said. — With additional reporting from DPA
The Brunei Times
Brunei's Foreign Affairs minister is attending the 16th Asean-EU Ministerial Meeting in the city of Nuremberg which has endorsed the "Nuremberg Declaration on an Enhanced EU-Asean Partnership".
The so-called Heart of Borneo holds huge tracts of continuous pristine forest straddling the transboundary highlands of Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia. The future of this forest heritage depends on the cooperative programme of all three governments which recently signed a declaration to protect and manage rainforests on Borneo Island.
At the sidelines of the meeting, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Thursday that the EU will continue to "wait and see" what the outcome was of the process to form a Palestinian national unity government.
This he said after reports from Gaza that Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya would make known the members of the unity government.
Meanwhile, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday that the EU wants Thailand to proceed rapidly towards a return to democracy.
Thai Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram had laid out a "roadmap to democracy" during the two days of talks in the German city, Steinmeier said at the closing press conference.
The programme foresaw a draft constitution being presented in May, followed by a referendum and elections set for the beginning of December, said the German foreign minister, who co-chaired the meeting under the auspices of the German EU presidency.
Steinmeier expressed broad support for the programme and voiced "the hope that Thailand will find the road back to democracy quickly".
Steinmeier rejected any comparison between Thailand and Myanmar, saying the situations in the two countries were "very different".
At the meeting, which takes place every two years, EU leaders expressed strong opposition to the regime in Myanmar.
EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner called on Asean to pressure Myanmar to improve its human rights record and to release Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
"The thing is that we want to see Myanmar change," she said.
"I think it is also for our Asean partners to bring them into a more suitable position to go into human rights, into democracy ... having an included national dialogue and finally seeing Aung San Suu Kyi released," Ferrero-Waldner said. — With additional reporting from DPA
The Brunei Times
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