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Environmental issues and sustainable development

28 April 2004

ENV/DEV/774-UNEP/218

SEED INITIATIVE LAUNCHES FIRST CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL SCHEME TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEURS

28/04/2004

Press Release
ENV/DEV/774
UNEP/218

Seed Initiative Launches First Call for Submissions for International Scheme

to Support Environment and Development Entrepreneurs

(Reissued as received.)

27 April 2004

ENV/DEV/772

SAFE WATER, SANITATION FUNDAMENTAL FOR POVERTY REDUCTION, COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOLD

27/04/2004

Press Release
ENV/DEV/772

Commission on Sustainable Development

Twelfth Session

27 April 2004

ENV/DEV/773-PI/1575

NEW WEB SITE PROVIDES INFORMATION ON UN MEETING ON SMALL ISLANDS, MAURITIUS, 30 AUGUST – 3 SEPTEMBER

27/04/2004

Press Release
ENV/DEV/773
PI/1575

NEW WEB SITE PROVIDES INFORMATION ON UN MEETING ON SMALLISLANDS,

MAURITIUS, 30 AUGUST – 3 SEPTEMBER

NEW YORK, 26 April (DPI) -- The United Nations has launched today a new Web site on the international conference on small island developing States to be held in Mauritius, from 30 August to 3 September 2004, available on:

26 April 2004

ENV/DEV/771

ALCOA FOUNDATION ASSISTS IN CLEANING UP DANUBE RIVER

26/04/2004

Press Release
ENV/DEV/771

Alcoa Foundation Assists in Cleaning up Danuberiver

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 26 April (UN Information Service) -- The International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) today announced that it had received a $100,000 grant from the Alcoa Foundation, to support transboundary water management in the DanubeRiver Basin. The announcement was made at a press briefing in Vienna.