- | To integrate environmental policies into national economic and social development policies. |
- | To strive for the sound implementation of measures relevant to natural resource management, including forests and water, as well as waste and recycling policy and transboundary environmental issues in order to establish a sustainable society. |
- | To promote partnerships and participation among stakeholders and enhance cooperation, notably cooperation on capacity building and improving finance-related partnerships in Asia and the Pacific region and at the global level. |
- | Promoting good governance. |
- | Promoting concrete actions through multistakeholder partnerships at the regional and subregional levels and capacity building among various stakeholders, in accordance with the JPOI. |
- | Promoting exchanges of experiences and information at the regional and subregional levels. |
- | Tackling poverty eradication as a critical element in the realization of sustainable development, which would also contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. |
- | Promoting education for sustainable development at all levels and in all sectors, which can be advanced by creating a "global learning space," based on regional centers of excellence. |
- | Promoting follow-up on the Third World Water Forum, PALM3, and the Nagoya Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Transport. |
- | Implementing APFED activities and its three commitments set forth as its Type II Initiative, which will play a significant role. |
- | To recognize ECO ASIA as a forum which addresses at the ministerial level views concerning the implementation of the outcomes emerging from the WSSD in Asia and the Pacific region and which will contribute to the new program of work of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), with a view to strengthening its regional perspectives. |
- | To make use of ECO ASIA as a means for enhancing cooperation at regional conferences, such as at ESCAP and the ASEAN+3 Environment Ministers Meeting. |