Question: Changsha Declaration, which has been signed by 26 countries and 11 International Organizations in China, aims for-
(a)Space Exploration
(b)Global warming
(c)Terrorism Elimination
(d)Agricultural and rural development
Answer: (d)
Related facts:
- On 2 November 2018, the Ministerial Forum on Global South-South Cooperation in Agriculture (MFASSC) was held in Changsha, Hunan.
- The forum was organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
- This was held under the theme, “2030 Sustainable Development Goals: New Opportunities for Global South-South Cooperation in Agriculture” to stamp out poverty and hunger.
- During the forum, the Changsha Declaration on Global South-South Cooperation in Agriculture was adopted.
- The Changsha Declaration, formalized in the held forum, sets out plans to include South-South cooperation principles into national policies and programmes, and was agreed to by 26 countries and 11 international organizations.
- The result of this Ministerial Forum will provide new momentum for international development cooperation, and will be an important contribution to the second UN Conference on South-South Cooperation (BAPA+40) to be held in Argentina next year.
South-South cooperation (SSC):
- In 1974, the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the establishment of a special unit within the United Nations Development Programme – United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC).
- South-South cooperationis a broad framework for collaboration among countries of the South in the political, economic, social, cultural, environmental and technical domains.
Links:
http://english.agri.gov.cn/news/dqnf/201811/t20181107_296074.htm
http://www.uniindia.com/more-than-20-countries-partner-to-target-zero-hunger/world/news/1396167.html
http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1161810/icode/
http://unossc1.undp.org/sscexpo/content/ssc/about/Background.htm