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UNEP/106
17/04/2002
Press Release
UNEP/106


UNEP CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY


Governments to Advance Work on Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety


THE HAGUE, 17 April 2002 -- With the legally-binding Protocol on Biosafety gaining momentum towards its entry into force, delegates from over 160 governments as well as non-governmental, intergovernmental and indigenous and private sector organizations will meet here for continuing discussions from 22-26 April.

SC/7365
17/04/2002
Press Release
SC/7365


PRESS STATEMENT ON BOUGAINVILLE BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL


Following is today’s press statement on Bougainville by the President of the Security Council, Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation):


Members of the Security Council heard a briefing from Ambassador Noel Sinclair [head of the United Nations Political Office in Bougainville] on Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.

SC/7364
17/04/2002
Press Release
SC/7364


SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON REPATRIATION OF KUWAITIS,

THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS


Following is the text of today’s press statement on the question of repatriation of Kuwaiti and third country nationals, delivered by the President of the Security Council, Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation):

POP/826
17/04/2002
Press Release
POP/826


GHANAIAN RURAL HEALTH INNOVATOR, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH NGO


WIN UNITED NATIONS POPULATION AWARD


NEW YORK, 17 April 2002 (UNFPA) –- Dr. Kwasi Odoi-Agyarko, the leader of an innovative rural health programme in Ghana, and EngenderHealth, a non-governmental organization that trains and gives technical assistance to reproductive health service providers in developing countries, will share the 2002 United Nations Population Award.

GA/PAL/884
17/04/2002
Press Release
GA/PAL/884


PANELLISTS EXAMINE INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO CONTAIN


MIDDLE EAST CRISIS, RESUME DIALOGUE


(Received from a UN Information Officer.)


NICOSIA, 17 April –- The events of Sabra and Shatila were being repeated today in the Palestinian occupied territory, Jerusalem Times publisher Hanna Siniora said this morning at the International Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace.

ENV/DEV/634
17/04/2002
Press Release
ENV/DEV/634


GLOBAL WARMING TRIGGERS GLACIAL LAKES FLOOD THREAT


Himalayan Mountain Lakes at High Risk

Of Bursting Banks, with Devastating Consequences for People and Property


GENEVA/LONDON/NAIROBI, 16 April (UN Information Service) -- Nearly 50 lakes, high in the Himalayas, could burst their banks sending millions of gallons of deadly floodwaters swirling down valleys, putting at risk tens of thousands of lives, scientists are warning.