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OBV/3

UNEP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CALLS FOR 'MOOD OF SOBER RESOLUTION' AND 'QUIET CONFIDENCE' IN ADDRESSING COMMON TASK OF PRESERVING ALL LIFE ON EARTH

29 May 1997


Press Release
OBV/3
UNEP/4*


UNEP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CALLS FOR 'MOOD OF SOBER RESOLUTION' AND 'QUIET CONFIDENCE' IN ADDRESSING COMMON TASK OF PRESERVING ALL LIFE ON EARTH

19970529

Following is the message of Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), on the occasion of World Environment Day, 5 June:

IAEA/1312

I"A DIRECTOR-GENERAL SEES EVOLVING ROLE FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY TO CREATE MORE DRINKING WATER

29 May 1997


Press Release
IAEA/1312


IAEA DIRECTOR-GENERAL SEES EVOLVING ROLE FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY TO CREATE MORE DRINKING WATER

19970529 (Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 26 May (IAEA) -- The Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Hans Blix, said that he was convinced nuclear energy would come to be increasingly used in the future to desalinate water for drinking.

SC/6376

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF UNPREDEP UNTIL 30 NOVEMBER

28 May 1997


Press Release
SC/6376


SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF UNPREDEP UNTIL 30 NOVEMBER

19970528

The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (UNPREDEP) for six months until 30 November. It also decided on the start of a two-month phased reduction of the mission's military component by 300 all ranks beginning from 1 October.