Rich must help poorer States in post-2015 development, Bangladesh tells UN Assembly --- 27 September 2014 – From the podium of the General Assembly today, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called for global aid for poorer countries as the United Nations draws up the post-2015 agenda, an ambitious multi-year development blueprint that aims to eliminate poverty and protect the environment. -- “The future development agenda must meaningfully address long-standing resource and capacity constraints of low-income countries,” she said on the fourth day of the Assembly’s annual 69th high-level meeting. “The post-2015 development framework must fulfil our aspirations of building an equitable, prosperous and sustainable world where no person or nation is left behind. -- “It must also contribute to a strengthened multilateralism, go beyond national policy space and forge international collaboration. Greater resources would be key to the success of the post-2015 agenda. There is a need for a robust, broad-based global partnership, based on the principles of mutual trust and respect, and common but differentiated responsibility.” -- Turning to global warming and the possible rise in sea levels, the Prime Minister stressed that a one degree Celsius increase in temperature is estimated to cause a metre rise in sea-levels, submerging a fifth of Bangladesh. “That might force 30 million of our people to move elsewhere as ‘climate migrants’,” she said. -- “For Bangladesh, climate change is a matter of bare existence. In addressing [it], adaptation remains particularly key for us. We have a crucial need for adequate, predictable and additional climate finance; access to locally-adaptable technologies; and support to capacity and institution-building.” -- More, http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=48910