Meeting of TumenNET Governors
Memorandum of Understanding
Sokcho, Republic of Korea
29 November 2001
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The Governors of Dornod Aimag (Mongolia), Khentii Aimag (Mongolia), Sukhbaatar
Aimag (Mongolia), the Governor of Gangwon Province (Republic of Korea), and
the Vice Governors of Chitinskaya Oblast (Russian Federation) and Primorski
Krai (Russian Federation) have reached agreement as follows, with the UNDP and
the TumenNet Project Coordination Unit as witnesses:
DECLARE
(1) Their commitment to the protection of transboundary biodiversity and international
water resources in Northeast Asia and the promotion of green investment to support
that process.
(2) Their willingness and intent, within the framework of their national sovereignty,
to cooperate in establishing appropriate mechanisms for regional cooperation
on transboundary biodiversity, international water protection and green investment
for the ecologically sustainable economic development of Northeast Asia.
(3) Their intent to establish provincial-level TumenNET Committees to be headed
by an appropriate high level official of the province/oblast/aimag/region. Committees
should be empowered to facilitate integration of transboundary biodiversity,
international water protection and green investment issues into provincial development
planning.
(4) Also their intent to organize annual TumenNET Governors meetings to review
regional environmentally sound development efforts, the main agenda of which
should be transboundary biodiversity, international water protection and green
investment issues in TumenNET.
NOTE
(5) The visible progress made to date in the development of TumenNET that has
matured into an effective mechanism of regional cooperation.
(6) That, with the end of the project less than 12 months away, the challenge
will be to maintain that high level of engagement and expertise after the present
project has come to an end in mid 2002.
WELCOME
(7) The engagement of the Government of Japan in TumenNET activities and also
the recent accession of Chitinskaya Oblast in Russia. TumenNET is anassociation
of like minded partners.
(8) Their colleagues in the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, notably the
peoples representatives of North Hamgyong and Ryanggang Provinces, and extend
their warm and heartfelt invitations to joint the TumenNET.
RECOMMEND
(9) That the international donor community provide resources for the transition
from formulation of the strategic action program (the current project) towards
its eventual implementation.
(10) That these transition funds be used for enabling measures at national,
local and/or regional level, to support and facilitate the sustainable implementation
of the strategic action program.
PLEDGE
(11) To make available appropriate counterpart resources for these enabling
measures, and to make every effort, within the obvious constraints of their
existing budget and policy framework, to help implement them.
Signed this 29th day of the Month of November in Sokcho, Republic of Korea
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HE, Mr D Odbayar, Governor of Dornod Aimag
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HE, Mr Ch Erdenebaatar, Governor of Khentii Aimag
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HE, Mr T Dashsuren, Governor of Sukhbaatar Aimag
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HE, Mr Jin-Sun Kim, Governor of Gangwon Province
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HE, Mr Vjacheslav M Petukhov, Vice Governor of Chitinskaya Oblast
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HE, Mr Vladimir P Vedernikov, Vice Governor of Primorski Krai
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