POP/797

AS GLOBAL WARMING DEBATE HEATS UP, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE

CHANGE MEETS IN NAIROBI TO REVIEW LATEST SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI, 30 March (UNEP) -- An important meeting to chart the future of the official scientific body which advises governments on climate change will take place at the Nairobi headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) from 4 to 6 April.

UNEP PROJECT TO REVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION TRENDS

IN SOUTH CHINA SEA AND GULF OF THAILAND

(Reissued as received.)

BANGKOK, 28 March 2001 (UNEP) -- To reverse environmental degradation in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will implement a $32 million project funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Governments of Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam.

UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME RECOMMENDS PRECAUTIONARY ACTION

REGARDING DEPLETED URANIUM IN KOSOVO

GENEVA, 13 March (UNEP) -- The final report of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on the environmental impact of depleted uranium (DU) ammunition used during the 1999 Kosovo conflict was released in Geneva today.

UN FORUM ON FORESTS CONCLUDES ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION,

DECIDES TO LOCATE SECRETARIAT IN NEW YORK

The recently established United Nations Forum on Forests decided on Friday to locate its secretariat in New York.  The decision was taken as the Forum finished up a week-long organizational session and informal consultations to set a new approach towards international forest policy.

UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME CONFIRMS PLUTONIUM FOUND IN DU AMMUNITION

GENEVA, 16 February (UNEP) –- Traces of plutonium have been detected in the DU penetrators found at sites in Kosovo that were investigated in November 2000 by the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Depleted Uranium Assessment Team, which included the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), UNEP reported here today.

IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO COST THE WORLD OVER $300 BILLION A YEAR

NAIROBI, 3 February (UNEP) -- Global warming may cost the world several billion dollars a year unless urgent efforts are made to curb emissions of carbon dioxide and the other gases linked with the "greenhouse effect".

UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME CONFIRMS URANIUM 236 FOUND

IN DEPLETED URANIUM PENETRATORS

GENEVA, 16 January (UNEP) -– Early laboratory results confirm that pieces of depleted uranium (DU) penetrators found at sites targeted by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) during the 1999 Kosovo conflict contain Uranium 236, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) reported here today.

DEPLETED URANIUM SITES IN KOSOVO DETAILED BY UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME

GENEVA/NAIROBI, 11 January (UNEP) -– Full details of the sites where

depleted uranium (DU) weapons were deployed in Kosovo and inspected by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) scientists were unveiled at a press conference in Geneva today.

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