United Nations Forum on Forests

Fifth Session

2^nd & 3^rd Meetings* (AM & PM)

MINE PLAN AGREED TO TACKLE EUROPE’S TICKING POLLUTION TIME-BOMBS

Clean-up of Old Sites, Coherent Policy on New Mines Expected

Under Landmark Agreement to Boost Regional Environment, Security

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CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania/NAIROBI, 14 May (UNEP) -- An historic strategy to reduce the environmental risks of mining in Eastern Europe was adopted today by Governments attending an international conference in Romania.

Background Release

UN REPORT SAYS DEFORESTATION CONTINUING AT ALARMING RATE,

 

AS FORUM ON FORESTS MEETS AT HEADQUARTERS 16 - 27 MAY

GLOBAL FINANCE COMMUNITY JOINS WITH UNITED NATIONS TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE,

FOLLOWING HEADQUARTERS INVESTOR SUMMIT

 

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NEW YORK, 10 May (UNEP) -- An unprecedented grouping of pension funds, foundations, European investors and United States state treasurers have joined today with the United Nations to back a new call for urgent action by the global investment community to tackle the threat of climate change.

MAYORS FROM ACROSS WORLD TO MARK WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY (5 JUNE) – WITH URBAN ACCORDS

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BONN TALKS TO PROMOTE PROGRESS ON CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENTION,

 

KYOTO PROTOCOL TO BE HELD 16 – 27 MAY

 

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BONN, 9 May (UNFCCC) -- The next series of international meetings on work under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol will take place in Bonn from 16 to 27 May 2005.

The May meetings will include:

GOVERNMENTS TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO RID WORLD OF PERSISTENT

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS THROUGH STOCKHOLM CONVENTION

Four New Chemicals Proposed for Phase-Out

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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)