UN WARNS ASIA-PACIFIC’S HIGH ECONOMIC GROWTH IS ENVIRONMENTLLY UNSUSTAINABLE

Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development

Seeks New Balance between Economic Growth and ‘Green Growth’

(Reissued as received.)

TECHNOLOGY FOR GREEN GROWTH TO BE SHOWCASED DURING conference

IN SEOUL, 24 - 26 MARCH

Environmental Technology Seen As Key

To Achieving Environmentally Sustainable Economic Growth

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BANGKOK, 24 March (UN Information Services) -- As part of the Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development (MCED) 2005, a forum on environmental technology will be held from 24 to 26 March in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

WINNERS OF UNEP’S “FOCUS ON YOUR WORLD” PHOTO COMPETITION ANNOUNCED

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NAIROBI/AICHI, 18 March (UNEP) -- Images of deer, scavenging on a rubbish tip, the housing of the rich set against the slums of the poor and Buddhist monks solemnly draping cloth round a tree trunk have scooped the top prizes in the latest United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Photographic Competition on the Environment.

ACCESS TO SAFE WATER PRIORITY AS UN MARKS BEGINNING OF INTERNATIONAL DECADE

Government Ministers to Meet in April to Decide

On Policy Measures to Reach Targets for Water, Sanitation, Slums

Commission on Sustainable Development

Preparatory Meeting

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

Round-Up

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PREPARATORY MEETING CONCLUDES WEEK-LONG SESSION;

WILL FORWARD POLICY OPTIONS ON WATER, SANITATION, HOUSING TO COMMISSION

Proposed Measures Will Be

Focus of Commission Meeting in April

Commission on Sustainable Development

Preparatory Meeting

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

SPEAKERS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PREPARATORY MEETING STRESS NEED FOR GENDER

MAINSTREAMING, RESOURCE MOBILIZATION, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, CAPACITY-BUILDING

Role of Private Sector in Provision of Water, Sanitation Services Debated

Commission on Sustainable Development

Preparatory Meeting

6^th & 7^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Sustainable development preparatory meeting focuses on ways

 

to improve lives of slum dwellers, urban poor

 

BASEL CONVENTION ON HAZARDOUS WASTES, UN REGIONAL SEAS PROGRAMME

 

TO FIGHT COASTAL POLLUTION TOGETHER

 

(Reissued as received.)

Commission on Sustainable Development

Preparatory Meeting

3^rd, 4^th & 5^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PREPARATORY MEETING HOLDS INTERACTIVE

DISCUSSIONS ON WATER, SANITATION, HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

 

Over 1 Billion People Worldwide Lack Access to Safe

Drinking Water; Over 2.5 Billion Lack Access to Improved Sanitation

Commission on Sustainable Development

Preparatory Meeting

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

INTERGOVERNMENTAL PREPARATORY MEETING OF COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

CONSIDERS WAYS TO SPEED UP ACCESS TO SAFE WATER, SANITATION, HOUSING

Meeting to Lay Groundwork

For Commission’s First-Ever Policy Segment Set for 11-22 April