Question

In which Conference in October 2012, did the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh announce the ‘Hyderabad Pledge' to spend Rs. 5 crore dollars?
1. Conference on Biodiversity
2. Conference on population control
3. Conference on eradication of HIV
4. None of the above

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Conference on Biodiversity

The correct answer is Conference on Biodiversity.

• Hyderabad Pledge:
  • The XIth Conference of the Parties (COP 11) - Convention on Biological Diversity was organized by the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India from 8 October to 19 October 2012.
  • The eleventh meeting of the COP 11 was held at Hyderabad International Convention Centre, and the conference included a high-level ministerial segment meet that was organized by India in consultation with the Bureau and Secretariat and it took place from 17 October to 19 October 2012.
  • "Mobilization of financial resources" was the theme for the COP 11 summit.
  • The next round of the conference is scheduled to take place in Korea after 2 years.
  • Finding out the commendable solution by discussions over the issues of the Earth’s biodiversity is the main agenda of the conference.
  • The conference was attended by more than 5000 delegates from 180 countries.
  • The enrollment of about 14,400 participants in the convention made it the largest biodiversity gathering of its time.

• India will be Chairing the Conference as its President for the next two years.
• The Union Environment and Forests Minister Jayanthi Natarajan took over the charge of COP-11 as its President for the next two years.
• The Union Environment and Forests Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, who took over the charge of COP-11 as its President for the next two years emphasized the issue of resource mobilization that remained an unfinished agenda of COP-10 at Nagoya in Japan.
• Manmohan Singh the Prime Minister of India announced a grant of $50 million for strengthening the institutional mechanism of biodiversity conservation in India and other developing countries by the name of Hyderabad Pledge.
• The Prime Minister also launched the high-level segment of the 11th conference of parties during the UN Convention on Biodiversity meeting at Hyderabad.
• This conference was the first conference after the launch of the Decade of Biodiversity by the United Nations in 2011.