Saturday, August 12, 2006

2nd South Asian Sanitation Conference on September 20

ISLAMABAD – The Federal Minister for Environment, Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat has said that Pakistan will host a two-day 2nd South Asian Sanitation Conference on September 20 2006, which will be witnessed by the representatives from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and other countries whereas, more than Rs 210 million have been allocated by the donors agencies in this regard.

He expressed these views while talking to Ronald Van Dijk, Acting Representative, UNICEF and Thowai Zai, Sectional Chief, Water & Environmental Sanitation, UNICEF. Overall situation of sanitation of the region was discussed in the meeting. Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat said that hosting SACOSAN-II is a matter of great honor for Pakistan.

He said that the conference was to be held on November 21, 2005, which was postponed due to the tragedy of 8th October. He said that representatives of international NGOs will also participate in the conference.
Elaborating the objectives of the conference, he said that it will help the general public to accelerate the progress of sanitation and hygiene in South Asia alongwith improvement in quality of life.

He said that Ministry of Environment, under the obligation of Dhaka Declaration after consultation with the Ministry of Health, has taken upon itself to organise the 2nd South Asian Conference on Sanitation.

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