The Governors of Dornod Aimag (Mongolia), Khentii Aimag (Mongolia), Sukhbaatar Aimag (Mongolia) and the Vice Governors of Chitinskaya Oblast (Russian Federation), Primorski Krai (Russian Federation),

DECLARE
1. Their commitment to the protection of transboundary biodiversity and international water resources in Northeast Asia and the promotion of green investment to support that process.
2. Their willingness and intent, within the framework of their national sovereignty, to cooperate in establishing appropriate mechanisms for regional cooperation on transboundary biodiversity, international water protection and green investment for the ecologically sustainable economic development of Northeast Asia.
3. Their intent to establish provincial-level TumenNET Committees to be headed by an appropriate high level official of the province/oblast/amimag/region. Committees should be empowered to facilitate integration of transboundary biodiversity, international water protection and green investment issues into provincial
4. Also their intent to organize annual TumenNET Governors meetings to review regional environmentally sound development efforts, the main agenda of which should be transboundary biodiversity, international water protection and green investment issues in TumenNET.

NOTE
5. The visible progress made to date in the development of TumenNET that has matured into an effective mechanism of regional cooperation.
6. That, with the end of the project less than 12 months away, the challenge will be to maintain that high level of engagement and expertise after the present project has come to an end in mid 2002.

WELCOME
7. The engagement of the Government of Japan in TumenNET activities and also the recent accession of Chitinskaya Oblast in Russia. TumenNET is an open association of like minded partners.
8. Their colleagues in the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, notably the peoples' representatives of North Hamgyong and Ryanggang Provinces, and extend their warm and heartfelt invitations to join the TumenNET.

RECOMMEND
9. That the international donor community provide resources for the transition from formulation of the strategic action program (the current project) towards its eventual implemetation.
10. That these transition funds be used for enabling measures at national, local and/or regional level, to support and facilitate the sustainable implementation of the strategic action program.
11. To make available appropriate counterpart resources for these enabling measures, and to make every effort, within the obvious constraints of their existing budget and policy framework, to help implement them.
Signed this 30th day the Month of August in Vladivostok, Russian Federation.