"REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment


Office of the Minister

File number : 4.03.038

13th July, 2011-09-15


Mr. Yiannakis Omirou
President
House of Representatives


Question No. 23.06.009.05.01. dated 7th April 2011 from the parliamentarian of the Nicosia electorate Mr. Giorgios Perdikis


Dear Mr. President,

I refer to the letter to the Director General of the House of Representatives dated 18.4.2011 in relation to the question from the parliamentarian Mr. Perdikis and I inform you of the following :

At the 10th session of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP10) which took place in October 2010 in Nagoya, Japan, important decisions were taken in relation to protection of biological diversity and the establishment of new goals for the coming decade.

Resolution X/33, which was agreed in the course of the abovementioned session, promotes implementation of the precautionary principle in relation to geoengineering and specifically methods that have been developed for the purposes of mitigation of climate change. In the Resolution it is mentioned that in the absence of effective regulation of geoengineering mechanisms, no geoengineering activity aimed at mitigating climate change, and which could have consequences for biological diversity, should be implemented, at least until an adequate scientific basis has been elaborated that might justify such activities.

As regards the concerns that have been expressed concerning the possible implementation of chemical aerial spraying in the airspace of Cyprus, a decision has been taken for investigation of this question by the competent authorities.

Taking this opportunity to convey to you my best wishes,

Sincerely,

Dimitris Iliadis
Minister

cc. Director of the Environmental Department
Director of the Forestry Department"
http://dimitrxe.pp.fi/pub/pol/chem/pages/Politicians%20against%20chemtrails.html
http://www.enouranois.gr/english/epistolesenglish/indexcyprusperdikis.htm


Dimitris Iliadis ruled between March 1rst 2010 till August 5th 2011.
http://www.rulers.org/cyprgov.html

Obviously, his successor did not like to handle this topic - there came no answer from the "competent authorities".