The 17th Meeting of the MRC Council and
The 15th Donor Consultation Group (DCG)
Mekong River Commission,
24-26 January 2011
Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
At its latest highest governing body meeting Mekong countries
adopt several basin-wide development strategies
Water and environment ministers of the Mekong River Commission’s Member Countries, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam, endorsed a set of agreements at the MRC Council Meeting in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. Observing participants at the event include environmental experts and other regional stakeholders.
Key decisions include:
- Adoption of a strategy that outlines a set of strategic priorities for the basin-wide sustainable development of water resources, introducing a five-year action plan that addresses both economic opportunities and potential environmental and social impacts;
- Commitment to protect the river’s water quality against emerging threats by endorsing the Procedures for Water Quality that defines mutually-recognised standards for measurement, monitoring and assessment of quality of water resources in the basin;
- The launch of an innovative new assessment tool that helps identify, in as little as a week, the most sustainable sites, designs and operation rules for hydropower development in the lower Mekong River Basin; and
- Approval of MRC Strategic Plan 2011-2015
Statements, Press Releases
Related Statements:
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Lim Kean Hor, Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology Chairman of Cambodia National Mekong Committee Member of the MRC Council for Kingdom of Cambodia Head of Delegation of Cambodia
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Khempheng Pholsena, Minister to the Prime Minister's Office Head of Water Resources and Environment Administration (WREA) Chairperson of Lao National Mekong Committee Member of the MRC Council for Lao PDR
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Suwit Khunkitti, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Chairman of the Thai National Mekong Committee Member of the MRC Council for Thailand
- Statement by H.E. Dr. Nguyen Thai Lai, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Viet Nam Vice-Chairman of the Viet Nam National Mekong Committee Alternate Member of the MRC Council for Viet Nam Head of the Viet Nam Delegation
- Statement by H.E. Dr. Pham Khoi Nguyen, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Viet Nam, Chairman of the Viet Nam National Mekong Committee,
Member of the MRC Council for Viet Nam, Chairman of the MRC Council for 2010/2011
- Welcome Remarks by H.E. Mr. Hoang Trung Hai, Deputy Prime Minister of the S.R. of Vietnam
- Joint Development Partner Statement delivered by Mr Richard Moore,
Deputy Director General, AusAID, Asia Division, Canberra
- Closing Statement by H.E. Dr. Pham Khoi Nguyen,
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Viet Nam,
Chairman of the Viet Nam National Mekong Committee,
Member of the MRC Council for Viet Nam, Chairman of the MRC Council for 2010/2011
Media Releases: