UN General Assembly
2019

Such consequences of climate change cannot but concern the Kyrgyz Republic as a landlocked mountainous country. With the support of Member States, the Kyrgyz Republic therefore established the Group of Friends of Mountainous Countries and calls on all to engage in broad and fruitful cooperation within that framework. In time, the Kyrgyz Republic drew the attention of the international community to the issue of the sustainable development of mountainous countries and initiated the declaration of 2002 as the International Year of Mountains. During this seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly the Kyrgyz Republic intends to again co-sponsor the updated draft resolution on sustainable mountain development. In September 2018, the Kyrgyz Republic was the leading country in the number of volunteers who participated in the global action on World Cleanup Day. The Government of the Kyrgyz Republic has now submitted the Paris Agreement on Climate Change for ratification by the country’s Parliament.