Dhaka proposes 5-point strategy to address security concerns

As climate change posed a new challenge to humanity, Dhaka has proposed a five-point strategy to address looming security concerns from such non-traditional factors in the Asia-Pacific region.
"Non-traditional security concerns such as those incurred by poverty, disease, climate change and food scarcity are often overlooked and need to be stressed more," Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said while proposing the strategy at a conference here yesterday.
The two-day conference on 'security and environment' is being attended by foreign and defense ministers of the region as well as from the UK and the USA.
The foreign adviser elaborated on the five imperatives: a balanced approach to climate-change debate emphasising both mitigation and adaptation aspects; 'depoliticising' the climate-change discussions and rewarding those who pollute less or not at all; the setting up of a 'technology transfer board' in any Post-Kyoto Agreement to facilitate eco-friendly policies by least developed countries; strong leadership by the UN, including the creation of the post of High Representative for Climate Change; and the establishment of an International Food Fund with 'special drawing rights' for poor countries.
Iftekhar Chowdhury also attended a luncheon given in honour of the participating ministers by Singaporean Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean yesterday.