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Dear Cheena,

Many thanks for your prompt action – in fact, what you did is very appropriate. Let’s hope that many Mountain Partnership members will contact their country representatives to request their action in New York during the Open Working Group discussion that will take place next week,

With best regards,
Rosalaura
Rosalaura Romeo
Programme Officer
Mountain Partnership Secretariat - FAO
Tel: +39 06 570 55961<tel:%2B39%2006%20570%2055961>
Cell: +39 348 1536 377<tel:%2B39%20348%201536%20377>
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From: kanwal cheena [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 10 June 2014 06:21
To: Hofer, Thomas (FOM)
Cc: Pascal ABDALLAH; [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: URGENT - FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE ACTION - SDGs and MOUNTAINS - #FOM-MOUNT-WATER-VALUES

Dear Mr Hofer
Thank you for your mail. It is indeed very sad to learn the contents and we sincerely hope that our continuous effort would yield positive action among all our friends.
The first reaction from me was to look for my country representative to communicate with him this urgent requirement.
As ready reference & ease of my other friends of the network who would like to contact their respective UN representatives, find below a link to the current list of representatives to UN.
 List of current Permanent Representatives to the United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_Permanent_Representatives_to_the_United_Nations>


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This is a list of the current Permanent Representatives to the United Nations at United Nations Headquarters, New York City. Listed are the country that they represent and the date that they presented their credentials to the UN Secretary-General.[1] The list is sort...

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I have already written to my country representative and shared the same draft document circulated by you.
Attached is the content of my letter.
With much hope & determination,
Cheena

On Monday, June 9, 2014 9:29 PM, Pascal ABDALLAH <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:

Dear Thomas,

Reading your message puts rage in me.

Yes you are fully right to push to have the cause of mountains mentioned in a more direct and clear way in the SDGs than it is today.

We should all be aware that :
1 - There are many countries which are composed only from mountains, and my country Lebanon is one of these countries  (if we do not pay attention to mountains that means tht we do not care about these countries in the future sustainable development process)

2 - Mountains are source of worship to many civilizations (extent, old and modern)

3 - Mountains are source of refuge to many civilizations and doctrines around the world

4 - Not only seas are the source of wind and rain , mountains as well contribute to the wind and rain production. Without the mountain the see cannot produce rain alone.

5 - Mountains are the source of biodiversity due to their % of orientation and height or altitudes

6 - Above all, mountains are THE second source of life after seas and oceans, they produce fresh water, to help the oceans maintain their balance; they are the water reservoirs of the world. Without mountain water , there is no life. Mountains are the source of water to all plains and coastal lands. All the rivers that feed the main cities in the world have their water sources in the mountains.

How can we imagine life without mountains. I thought that this is obvious to everyone. Well it seems that some leaders need reminder about this natural fact.

We support you in all our means to have mountains fully mentioned in the SDGs text, in an attempt to restore balance on earth.


In Mountains Spring Blossoms !!

On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Hofer, Thomas (FOM) <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:

Dear Mountain Partnership friends,

As mandated by the Mountain Partnership members during the last Global Mountain Partnership meeting in Erzurum,  we have co-organized several events in New York to encourage the recognition of mountains in the sustainable development goals (SDGs).

The latest draft of the working SDG document is very disappointing.  Despite our collective efforts, mountains have almost disappeared from the text. Indeed, they are mentioned only once under goals #15 (terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity).

As the discussions are about to come to a close, your intervention is needed urgently to ensure that the negotiators in New York receive the request to reinstate some specific language that was in earlier drafts of the working SDG document. We believe that having mountains mentioned at least in those goals for which mountains have a strategic and universal importance – water, energy and terrestrial ecosystems & biodiversity – would better support mountain development in the Post-2015 development agenda.

Also, we strongly believe that all endangered ecosystems should be protected but also managed sustainably, without favouring one over the other. Currently, the zero draft states:

14. Attain conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas
15. Protect and restore terrestrial ecosystems and halt all biodiversity loss

While we recognize that marine ecosystems deserve special attention, we would also like to see a similar treatment of fragile and endangered land-based ecosystems and propose the following modification:

15. Protect, manage and restore fragile terrestrial ecosystems, such as mountains, drylands and other degraded ecosystems, and halt their biodiversity loss

While it is true that mountains are cradles of biodiversity that should be protected, they also provide goods and services – such as water, energy and food -  that must be managed sustainably. Mountain goods and services are essential to food security and livelihoods of people everywhere, and thus deserve greater recognition.

Please find attached:
•         A proposed statement to be read during the OWG sessions
•         The revised zero draft with mountains addition highlighted

Please ask your national negotiators in New York to speak out in support of mountains during the next session, which starts on 16 June 2014.

The MP Secretariat stands ready to provide any additional material needed to strengthen the case for mountains.

Thank you for helping mountain peoples’ voices to be heard at international community level now and into the future.

Best regards,

Thomas Hofer
Team Leader (Watershed Management and Mountains)
Coordinator Mountain Partnership Secretariat
Forestry Department
UN Food and Agriculture Organization
I-00153 Rome
Tel: +39 06 5705-3191
Fax: +39 06 5705-5137
Mobile: +348 870 4774




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