8. Notes with satisfaction the renewal, in December 2002, of the commitment by the bilateral and the multilateral development organizations to the Meso-American Biological Corridor as one of the pillars for sustainable development comprising the conservation of natural resources, economic competitiveness and efforts to alleviate poverty, which is being developed with assistance from the United Nations Development Programme's own funds, the Global Environment Facility through the World Bank, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Inter-American Development Bank, the German Agency for Technical Cooperation and the United States Agency for International Development;
8. 满意地注意到各双边和多边发展组织于2002年12月重申了对中美洲生物走廊的承诺，这是包含自然资源养护、经济竞争力和减缓贫穷努力在内的可持续发展的支柱之一，目前正在由联合国开发计划署用自己的资金、世界环境基金通过世界银行、联合国环境规划署、美洲开发银行、德国技术合作署和美国国际开发署提供援助进行开发；