Meeting of the CEP Chairman with the UNEP Executive Director                   

                                          

On February 11, 2024, on the sidelines of the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Protection of Migratory Wild Animals (CMS CMSCOP14), a bilateral meeting was held between the Chairman of the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, Sheralizoda Bahodur Ahmadjon, and the Executive Director of the UN Environment Program, Ms. Inger Andersen (UNEP).

During this meeting, the parties discussed issues of biodiversity, sustainable development, climate change, disaster risk, and other important issues of our time.

Also, the head of the Committee focused attention on the next initiative of the Founder of Peace and National Unity, Leader of the Nation, President of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Honorable Emomali Rahmon, to declare 2025 “International Year”

protection of glaciers" and March 21 as "World Glacier Day", as well as the establishment within the framework of the UN of the "International Trust Fund for the Protection of Glaciers".

The meeting was held in an atmosphere of mutual understanding on broad issues in the field of environmental protection, and the parties reached an agreement on the issues raised. In conclusion

the meeting, Sheralizoda Bahodur invited Ms. Inger Andersen to attend the International Conference “Water for Sustainable Development”, which is scheduled to be held in June 2024 in Dushanbe.