Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Environment of the Slovak Republic Tomáš Taraba (CIS nominee) in Geneva signed with Deputy UN Secretary General and Executive Director of the UN Program for Human Seconds Anaclaudia Rossbachová Agreement on the establishment of a regional representation of the UN for the Agenda of Sustainable Development of Towns in Slovakia. TASR informed the Department of Communication of the Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic on Monday.
According to the statement, the UN-Habitat Center will provide regional coordination in Europe, to cooperate with the UN in Vienna, the European Union, its Member States and other European partners. The candidacy for the UN Office in Slovakia was announced by the head of the environment at the end of last year during the World City Forum in Cairo.
“We are perceived as a state that has a huge potential for sharing our experience in water management, building infrastructure and sustainable cities development. It is also A manifestation of confidence that we can handle coordination of dialogue and respect policy, which concerns more than half of the human population living in cities, ”Taraba said.
The establishment of the UN Regional Center, in his words, represents The opportunity for Slovak experts and the academic community, as well as scientific institutions and at the same time, means support and the possibility of cooperation with Slovak universities and significant opportunities for the business environment.
Slovakia was in this way according to the Envirorezort’s statement He comes to the forefront of one of the most important UN policies, What creates a unique opportunity not only for its visibility.
