Stand by Climate Victim Bangladesh: World Leaders

Friday, October 23, 2009 at 5:15 pm under Bangladesh News Stand by Climate Victim Bangladesh: World Leaders

Stand by Climate Victim Bangladesh: World Leaders, World leaders the opening ceremony of the 2009 European Development Days urged the developed countries and international development agencies to support Bangladesh and other countries most affected by global warming risks.

The three-day celebration of Days of EU Development had a ceremonial start on Thursday morning at the Victoria Hall Stockholmsmässan a universal slogan of building a global coalition against poverty and achieving the UN-designated Millennium Development (MDGs).

The function began with a keynote address by Victoria Ingrid Alice DÃ © e © sira, the Crown Princess of Sweden.

Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, the Nobel Prize and President of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Dr Rajendra K Pachauri and Transparency International (TI) Board of Director’s Chair ‘Huguette Labelle also addressed the function.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attended the opening ceremony of his delegation, as the function began at 9:40 am local time (hour BD 2:40 pm).

Minister of State for Forests and Environment Dr Hasan Mahmud, Ambassador Ziauddin, Press Secretary to the Prime Minister Abul Kalam Azad and Bangladesh Ambassador to Sweden Imtiaz Ahmed were present with the Prime Minister at the Victoria Hall.

About 3,000 professionals, including more than a hundred senior officials from various countries gathered in the case of European Union nations.

Bangladesh Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Mohammad Yunus and the Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam, among others, attend the international meeting to share development experiences of European countries that stand out as a union.

Declare the opening ceremony of the EU, the Crown Prince Victoria relies on Development Days UE”2009 generate new thinking and ideas in the process of attaining socio-economic prosperity.

The President of the UN-sponsored IPCC said in his speech that the world community would have to submit to safeguard the existence of the developing nations like Bangladesh.

“Bangladesh as a community really need help countries’ international. They are not responsible for global warming, but they have to cope with the increased responsibility of facing the threats of climate”, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize said in his call.

He noted that the development of many developing countries have made significant progress in achieving the United Nations declared the millennium development goals, but more efforts are most needed just now.

“We need a complete action,” said the head of the IPCC said in its proposal for a synergy to help those falling back into its development units.

To successfully address the challenges of climate change and achieving the MDGs, the Nobel Prize set out to achieve a change in lifestyle as a whole in terms of using modern technologies.

A way of making public policy, the lifestyle can be changed, he said.

He felt that the whole world have to leave the current views and concepts about development paradigms to effect real change in the destiny of the millions of people worldwide still Don”t have food, housing and technology services.

That represents a bleak picture of the economic situation of the nations of Asia and Africa, the IPCC Chair informed the audience that still some 1.6 billion people lack access to electricity facilities.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said the allocation of money just can not change the world and no more effective plans and creative thinking are needed for positive change.

Describing climate change as the biggest challenge in today’s world, he hoped that the next European Council would be able to reach greater consensus on further cuts in emissions of greenhouse gases that cause global warming and climate change.

The Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik in his speech expressed his firm commitment to your government ‘to work with all parts of the world to help achieve the millennium development goals.

Written by: Gulraiz

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