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MRC Council meets in Vientiane |
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Written by Som Oula YAPHICHIT
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Monday, 10 November 2008 07:52 |
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Some 60 representatives from Lao and international organisations attended the 15th Meeting of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Council, held in Vientiane from November 7 to 8. The council consists of representation at the ministerial level from the MRC's four member countries of Cambodia , Laos , Thailand and Vietnam . Standing Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad gave an opening address at the meeting on Friday. “As we are all aware, water access is crucial to food production, and the livelihoods and welfare of the people,” he said. He said effective integrated water resources governance was of utmost importance to enabling the full realisation of sustainable development and poverty alleviation in the Mekong River Basin . People living in the Mekong region have shared a deep-rooted culture and economic cooperation since time immemorial, and the 1995 Mekong Agreement has further deepened and strengthened this collaboration, he said. |
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MRC to recommitment to sustainable development |
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Written by Som Oula YAPHICHIT
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Wednesday, 05 November 2008 13:33 |
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The Mekong River Commission (MRC) remains committed to sustainable development in the use of the river’s natural resources. The MRC will reaffirm its commitment to pro-poor sustainable development when the 15th Meeting of the MRC Council takes place in Vientiane from November 6 to 8. Minister to the Prime Minister’s Office and Lao National Mekong Committee Chairperson Ms Khempheng Pholsena addressed a press conference in Vientiane on Monday. 
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 05 November 2008 13:52 )
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ປະຫວັດຫຍໍ້ຂອງການຮ່ວມມືໃນພາກພື້ນອ່າງແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງ |
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Written by Som Oula YAPHICHIT
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Tuesday, 04 November 2008 14:29 |
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ການສຶກສາກ່ຽວກັບແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງໂດຍສະພາມົນຕີດ້ານເສດຖະກິດຂອງສະຫະປະຊາຊາດໃນຂົງເຂດອາຊີ ແລະ ຕາເວັນອອກໄກ (ECAFE) ແລະ ສຳນັກງານເພື່ອການພື້ນຟູຂອງສະຫະລັດອາເມລິກາ, ໄດ້ກໍ່ປະກາຍຄວາມສົນໃຈໃນບັນດາປະເທດແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງຕອນລຸ່ມ ແລະ ອົງການ ECAFE, ທີ່ຫາກໍ່ ກໍ່ຕັ້ງຂຶ້ນໃໝ່, ໃນການສ້າງແຜນງານຂະໜາດໃຫຍ່ ເພື່ອເຮັດໃນສິ່ງທີ່ສະໄໝນັ້ນຖືວ່າເປັນໜຶ່ງໃນແມ່ນ້ຳທີ່ພະຍົດທີ່ສຸດໃນໂລກອີກແຫ່ງໜຶ່ງ. ບໍ່ເຄີຍມີອົງການຄຸ້ມຄອງແມ່ນ້ຳແມ່ນ້ຳສາກົນສາຍໃດໃນໂລກທີ່ໄດ້ເຄີຍພະຍາຍາມໃນການແບກຮັບຄວາມຮັບຜິດຊອບຢ່າງ ຮອບດ້ານທັງໃນແງ່ການໃຫ້ທຶນ, ກໍ່ສ້າງ, ຄຸ້ມຄອງ ແລະ ບຳລຸງຮັກສາບັນດາໂຄງການໃນແມ່ນ້ຳສາກົນແບບນີ້ມາກ່ອນ. ທ່ານ Dag Hammarskjold ເລຂາ UN ກ່າວເປີດ ຫ້ອງການ ຄະນະກຳມະການແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງ ທີ່ບາງກອກ ປີ 1959
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