UNEP WINS 2005 STRATOSPHERIC OZONE PROTECTION AWARD

 

US Government’s Prestigious Ozone Prize Goes to UN for First Time

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WASHINGTON/PARIS, 4 May (UNEP) -- For the first time ever, a United Nations programme, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), has won the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award.

GOVERNMENTS WILL LAUNCH GLOBAL CAMPAIGN TO ELIMINATE 12 MOST HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS,

AS PARTIES TO STOCKHOLM CONVENTION MEET 2-6 MAY

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Commission on Sustainable Development

Thirteenth Session

17^th & 18^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Commission on Sustainable Development

Thirteenth Session

15^th & 16^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SOLVING GLOBAL WATER CRISIS ‘MORAL IMPERATIVE’, ACCESS TO WATER HUMAN

RIGHT, MIKHAIL GORBACHEV TELLS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

On Second Day of Commission’s High-Level Segment,

Focus Remains on Turning Past Political Commitments into Action

FROM COWS TO KILOWATTS, BERRIES INTO BUSINESSES -- WINNERS OF FIRST SEED AWARDS ANNOUNCED

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NAIROBI/NEW YORK, 20 April (UNEP) -- An environmentally-friendly way of growing rice and a project to cultivate a highly versatile berry found at the roof of the world are among the winners of a new sustainable development award.

Commission on Sustainable Development

Thirteenth Session

13^th & 14^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Deputy Secretary-General stresses role of Commission on Sustainable Development

as member states seek adjustment to meet needs of new century

Millions of Lives at Stake Owing to Lack

Of Clean Water, Sanitation, Habitable Dwellings, She Says

Commission on Sustainable Development

Thirteenth Session

12^th Meeting (AM)

Commission on Sustainable Development continues consideration of draft outcome

document, as chairman proposes alternative text to speed up negotiations

Commission on Sustainable Development

Thirteenth Session

10^th & 11^th Meetings (AM & PM)

MASSIVE SCALING UP OF RESOURCES NEEDED TO MEET GLOBAL GOALS ON WATER,

SANITATION, HOUSING, COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOLD

Secretary-General Tells Panel of Finance, Development Ministers Greater

Development Investment Imperative to Global Well-Being, Security, Freedoms

Commission on Sustainable Development

Thirteenth Session

8^th & 9^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UN PROJECT FINDS THOUSANDS OF MEGAWATTS OF SOLAR, WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL

IN 13 DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

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WASHINGTON, D.C., 14 April (UNEP) -- Thousands of megawatts of new renewable energy potential in Africa, Asia, South and Central America have been discovered by a pioneering project to map the solar and wind resource of 13 developing countries.