MANILA, Philippines — The country now officially hosts the headquarters of the Asean Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) after the Senate approved a resolution concurring with the ratification of the Host Country Agreement signed between ACB and the Philippine government.
The Senate resolution was sponsored by Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; with Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri, Senate Majority Floor Leader; and Senator Loren Legarda, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, as co-sponsors.
Established by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) with funding from the European Union and officially launched at the 9th Informal Asean Ministerial Meeting in 2005, ACB is an intergovernmental regional center tasked to facilitate cooperation and coordination among Asean member-states and with relevant national governments, and regional and international organizations on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, or biodiversity.
via RP hosts Asean Centre for Biodiversity HQ – INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos.
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