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Environmental issues and sustainable development


UNEP/147
25/04/2003
Press Release
UNEP/147


UNEP APPLAUDS ENVIRONMENT DECISION BY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS


(Reissued as received.)


NAIROBI/GENEVA, 25 April (UNEP) -- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) welcomes today's decision by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights emphasizing the strong link between human rights and a healthy environment.

UNEP/139
04/03/2003
Press Release
UNEP/139


INDIAN SOLAR MARKET ADVANCES WITH NEW FINANCE FROM UNEP AND BANKS


(Reissued as received.)


BANGALORE/PARIS, 4 March, (UNEP) -- A major new $7.6 million initiative was launched today between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and two of India's largest banking groups to help 18,000 southern Indian households finance clean and reliable electricity from solar power.

UNEP/138
27/02/2003
Press Release
UNEP/138


NAIROBI GROUND STATION ESTABLISHED AS PART OF WORLDWIDE


POLLUTION-MONITORING NETWORK


NAIROBI, 27 February (UNEP) -- Nairobi has become a key lynchpin in an international effort to monitor the repair of the ozone layer, the Earth's protective shield, and pollution from events such as forest fires and charcoal burning.

UNEP/137
12/02/2003
Press Release
UNEP/137


UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME-SUPPORTED FILM ‘OCEAN WONDERLAND 3D’ OPENS, AIMS

TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THREATS TO WORLD’S CORAL REEFS


(Reissued as received.)


BOSTON, 11 February (UNEP) -- The Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Klaus Toepfer, is participating in the global launch here in Boston today of an outstanding new underwater 3D film about the world's coral reefs.