Seminar & Forum Special Event at ESCAP-81st Commission Session
2025-04-23
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On April 23, 2025, Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) jointly convened a special event titled “Building Urban Resilience to Sand and Dust Storms: Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Development” on the sidelines of the ESCAP 81st Session of the Commission. The event took place at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand.
TCS Secretary-General LEE Hee-sup highlighted the significance of regional solidarity in his welcome remarks, noting that the TCS has long been committed to supporting subregional environmental cooperation through its strong partnership with ESCAP. Recalling the outcomes of the 9th Trilateral Summit held in Seoul in 2024, SG LEE reaffirmed the commitment of CJK to collaborate with Mongolia under the “Trilateral+X Cooperation” framework, particularly on the shared challenge of SDS in East Asia. He emphasized that this event reflects ongoing high-level commitments to addressing land degradation and desertification through platforms such as the Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting and the Trilateral Director-General Level Meeting on Forestry Cooperation. SG LEE also shared concrete actions taken by TCS that contribute to cross-border engagement and knowledge exchange on disaster resilience.
In her opening remarks, Her Excellency Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCAP, underscored the transboundary nature of sand and dust storm (SDS) and the importance of collective response in integrating SDS mitigation into wider sustainable development strategies, disaster risk reduction, and climate adaptation.
The keynote speech was delivered by His Excellency Tumur Amarsanaa, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Mongolia to ESCAP, who stressed Mongolia’s leadership in advancing SDS dialogue in the region. The roundtable discussion gathered government officials, experts, and international organizations from CJK, Iran, and India to promote dialogue, share experiences, and explore solutions to enhance resilience—particularly in urban settings.
The outcomes of the event will contribute to the broader regional agenda on environmental governance, and serve as a timely reminder that building urban resilience to SDS is not only an environmental necessity but a collective regional responsibility.
Documents
- Joint Communiqué of the 25th Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting Among Korea, China and Japan
- Joint Communiqué of the 24th Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting Among Japan, Korea and China
- Joint Communiqué of the 23rd Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting Among Korea, China and Japan
- Joint Communique for the 22nd Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting Among Korea, China and Japan (TEMM)
- Joint Communique for the 21st Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting Among Korea, China and Japan (TEMM)
- Joint Communiqué of the 20th Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting Among Korea, China and Japan (TEMM)
- Joint Communiqué of the 19th Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting Among Korea, China and Japan
- Joint Communique of the 18th Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting Among Korea, China and Japan (TEMM)
