“联合国国际骆驼年”之际，国际专家线上聚集讨论骆驼文化和生存方式对可持续发展的贡献
2021年6月29日，国际骆驼组织(ICO)与教科文组织合作，组织了第一届线上ICO国际研讨会，主题为“促进可持续发展目标—之骆驼传统文化实践活动”。
几千年来，从阿拉伯地区到非洲和中亚，骆驼一直是世界上许多地区主要游牧文化发展的象征。直至今日，骆驼放牧业对促进社会经济发展有直接影响，并维持牧区的生计和粮食安全。不仅如此，骆驼传统确保了传统知识体系和祖传习俗的维护和推广，包括纺织和手工艺生产、口传知识和骆驼赛跑的体育活动。
ICO与教科文组织合作，通过为期一天的活动，旨在突出文化、社会和经济发展与生态系统保护，实现《2030年议程》所载联合国可持续发展目标间的相互联系，特别是它们对减少贫困、消除饥饿、维持体面工作和生计，以及对环境的可持续性。
这些努力符合教科文组织的优先事项，即利用文化对可持续经济、社会和环境可持续性的贡献。基于2030年可持续发展议程里更大范围内保护和利用文化习俗的共同目标，教科文组织和ICO一起携手，强调骆驼传统中所体现的文化及习俗的重要性，及其对可持续发展的贡献，同时也为2024国际骆驼年做准备。2017年的联合国大会，宣布2024年为国际骆驼年。
Online experts congress to discuss the contribution of the camelid cultural living practice to sustainable development ahead of the UN International Year of Camelids
On 29 June 2021, the International Camel Organization (ICO), in collaboration with UNESCO, is organizing online the first ICO International Experts Congress on “Cultural practices related to camel traditions to advance the Sustainable Development Goals”.
For millennia, camels have been a symbol of development for major nomadic cultures in many regions of the world, from the Arab Region to Africa and Central Asia. To this day, camel herding is directly contributing to the socio-economic development sustaining livelihoods and food security of pastoral communities. More than that, the camelid tradition ensures the safeguarding and promotion of traditional knowledge systems and ancestral practices including textile and crafts production, oral lore, and sports through camel races.
Through a one-day event, ICO in collaboration with UNESCO, aims to highlight the interlinkages between culture, social and economic development, and the preservation of the ecosystems in the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals enshrined in the 2030 Agenda, and notably their contribution to reducing poverty, fighting hunger, sustaining decent work and livelihoods, and environmental sustainability.
These efforts echo UNESCO’s priority in harnessing the contribution of culture to sustainable economic, social and environmental sustainability. With the shared objective of safeguarding and leveraging cultural practices in the broader context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, UNESCO and ICO are joining hands to highlight the significance of traditional cultural practices enshrined in the camelid tradition and their contribution to sustainable development to pave the way towards the International Year of Camelids that was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2017 and will be marked in 2024.
