The Women of the Mountains conference responds to:
• The resolution reached during the United Nations- sponsored “Bishkek Mountain Global Summit 2002” (the final global event of the U.N. International Year of the Mountains [IYM]);
• The decisions and Declaration of the "Celebrating Mountain Women" Conference in Thimphu, Bhutan (2002);
• The UN General Assembly Resolution A/60/488/Adde.5 on Sustainable Development: sustainable development in mountainous regions and assistance to poor mountainous countries in socio-economic and ecological areas (adopted December 13, 2005);
The Women of the Mountains conference will:
• Serve as a preliminary event for the Second Global Mountain Summit;
• Develop direct ties between the U.S. mountain states and other mountainous countries around the world.
