STATEMENT BY KLAUS TOEPFER, UNEP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,

AT CONCLUSION OF UN CLIMATE TALKS IN BONN

BONN/NAIROBI, 23 July -- The United Nations senior environment official welcomed the compromise agreement reached here today at the Bonn climate talks.

GOVERNMENTS ADOPT BONN AGREEMENT ON KYOTO PROTOCOL RULES

(Reissued as received.)

BONN, 23 July (UNFCCC) -- The 180 members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, now meeting in Bonn, have reached a broad political agreement on the operational rulebook for the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.  The meeting will now continue through Friday, 27 July, and start the process of translating this agreement into more detailed legal decisions.

FINANCIAL SECTOR RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE –-

IMPATIENT WITH PACE OF POLITICAL PROCESS

BONN, 18 July (UNEP) -- The economics of major global industries will undergo a sea change as the international community starts to address greenhouse gas emissions, say members of the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Finance Initiatives.

BONN CLIMATE TALKS TO FOCUS ON RULES FOR CUTTING GREENHOUSE

EMISSIONS, SUPPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

(Reissued as received.)

UN ENVIRONMENT CHIEF TELLS PARTIES TO FORTHCOMING CONFERENCE

LONG-TERM RESPONSE NEEDED TO CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE

United Nations Forum on Forests

First Session

12^th Meeting (PM)

FORUM ON FORESTS CONCLUDES FIRST-EVER SESSION, OUTLINING

FIVE-YEAR WORK SCHEDULE, FRAMEWORK FOR PLAN OF ACTION

United Nations Forum on Forests

Organizational Session

1^st Meeting (AM)

UNITED NATIONS FORUM ON FORESTS BEGINS DELIBERATIONS

Forum Chairman Calls Scheduled Two-Week Session

Decisive Post-Rio Step Towards Sustainable Forest Management

UNITED NATIONS FORUM ON FORESTS TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS 11-22 JUNE

The United Nations Forum on Forests will meet for the first time as a new subsidiary body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at Headquarters from 11 to 22 June 2001.

WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PREPARATIONS

BEGINS WITH EMINENT PERSONS ROUNDTABLE

If the 1992 Earth Summit succeeded in raising public awareness of the issues of sustainable development, then the 10-year review of the Summit should lay out clear goals and draw clearer links between the agenda and specific guidelines for its implementation, said United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Nitin Desai.

TURTLE RESCUE TEAM AMONG 18 INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS

HONOURED ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2001