Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday delivered a statement at the 40th session of the UNESCO General Conference in Paris as part of his tour to Europe, according to the Tajik president’s official website.
This session was reportedly dedicated to the problems of climate and change and mays to mitigate its effect.
In his statement, Emomali Rahmon drew attention of those present to global climate change affecting the whole world.
He, in particular, told the session that Tajikistan is home to some 60 per cent of the Central Asian region’s water resources, but more than 1,000 of its 13,000 glaciers have disappeared.
According to him, about 35 percent of small glaciers have disappeared in Tajikistan over the past 70 years.
“All countries of our region are concerned over changes in hydrological cycles that can affect conditions of water, energy and food products and create additional risks of floods and droughts,” President Rahmon said.
In this connection, we consider it necessary that UNECO together with other international and regionals organizations would help organize expeditions to assess state of water resources in Central Asia, Tajik leader noted.
