00:00All five Central Asian countries have joined the initiative to create an international
00:04water organization under the United Nations.
00:07The idea of establishment was proposed by Kazakhstan's President Kassamzhu Martukaev
00:11in Turkmenistan last year.
00:13Heads of the state from Central Asia and the Caucasus along with delegations from 15 countries
00:18gathered in Astana today to the Regional Ecological Summit.
00:21Water security is a matter of extreme importance for Kazakhstan as well as for the whole Central
00:28Asia. Our future depends on managing this vital resource wisely and fairly.
00:35This initiative is particularly timely as the UN is currently reviewing thousands of mandates
00:43offering an opportunity to strengthen coherence and effectiveness in global governance.
00:51The region continues to face the long-standing ROC crisis alongside declining water levels
00:56in the Caspian Sea.
00:57Kazakhstan has managed to rise the level of the North ROC by almost 40% through ongoing
01:03recovery efforts.
01:04Against this backdrop, there is an increasing focus on green development initiatives across
01:08Central Asia, particularly in renewable energy and sustainable agriculture.
01:13Many of these projects are being implemented with the support of international financial
01:17institutions, including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European
01:22Investment Bank.
01:23unpredictable, human movies, and sustainable are still increasing in the
01:53Salt Lake.
01:53will run for three days featuring 58 events on the agenda. Central Asian countries and their
01:58Eurasian regional neighbors aim to deepen cooperation on sustainable development by
02:02signing a joint declaration titled Environmental Solidarity of Central Asia.
02:07Tomiris Bilal for Euronews from Astana.
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