Another Example of Why the UN is Important

Sustainable Development Conference

A Side Event, at the Sustainable Development Conference, was sponsored by the following three countries: Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro.  To grow their Green Economy and improve sustainable consumption practices, they joined together to developed regional plans that would enable them to share expertise and practices in the areas of energy, tourism, agriculture forests and transportation. 

I bring this event to your attention, because in the 1990’s these countries were bitter enemies. The Yugoslav Wars were ethnic conflicts among the peoples of the former Yugoslavia:  Serbia and Montenegro on one side and Croatia and Bosnia on the other.

As the delegates from these counties came together for their many meetings at the UN, did they see the opportunity for backroom diplomacy?  I like to think they did.