World Body Proclaims 2022 International Year of Sustainable Mountain
Development

The Assembly considered the draft resolution titled
“International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development, 2022” (document
A/76/L.28). By its terms, the Assembly would proclaim 2022 the
International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development, and invite all Member
States, the United Nations system, other international and regional
organizations and relevant stakeholders, including civil society, the private
sector and academia, to observe it in order to increase awareness of related
issues.

The representative of Kyrgyzstan, introducing “L.28”, said
that mountains are habitat for unique species of flora and fauna and that
mountain countries constitute unique types of ecosystems and the problems
they face due to climate change are specific. Therefore, adaptation and
mitigation of climate change, as well as sustainable development in these
countries, require the implementation of a special set of measures addressing
their needs. The draft resolution invites all Member States and
international and regional organizations and other relevant stakeholders to
observe the International Year to increase awareness of the importance of
sustainable mountain development. The Proclamation of International Year
of Sustainable Mountain Development not only recognizes the need for preserving
the global life support system that is indispensable to the survival of the
global ecosystem, but also provides a sound basis for further substantive
work on mountain development, thus having a truly global significance for the
future of mankind, he said.