Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim Monday urged the creation of a new United Nations body to tackle environmental challenges facing the whole world.
"Additional efforts from all countries will be necessary. The increasing amount of scientific evidence on climate change underlines the need for urgent and effective measures," Amorim said at a meeting on environmental protection and sustainable development.
A new world body within the framework of the United Nations should be set up to take over environmental, economic and social challenges in efforts to protect the environment, and to provide more support for developing countries, he said.
He cited the example of cooperation between China and Brazil in satellite monitoring of the Amazon rain forests to stress the importance of technological cooperation.
Deforestation in Brazil has been reduced by 70 percent in the past three years with this measure, Amorim said.
The minister also cited Brazil's achievements in the field of bio-fuels as a form of clean and renewable energy.
Some nations are taking too long to adopt environmental resolutions endorsed at international forums and summits, such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, the minister said.
The two-day ministerial environmental meeting opened Monday in Rio de Janeiro, attended by representatives from 22 nations and the UN.
Source: Xinhua
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