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ADAPTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE CRITICAL FOR FOOD-INSECURE COUNTRIES

(Reissued as received.)

ASIAN GOVERNMENTS LAUNCH ACTION TO TACKLE ‘E-WASTES’

TIANJIN (China), 21 November (UN Information Service) -- Officials from eight Asian governments are meeting here under the auspices of the Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal to seek solutions to the growing deluge of electrical and electronic wastes -- popularly known as “e-wastes”.

ENERGY SECURITY CRUCIAL FOR STABILITY OF FINANCIAL

MARKETS -- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

OPEC, European Union, Russia, United States Review Security

Of Energy Supplies at Roundtable of UNECE Committee on Sustainable Energy

(Reissued as received.)

ENVIRONMENTAL VISIONARY, ASHOK KHOSLA, PRESENTED WITH UNITED NATIONS

ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME PRIZE AT GALA CEREMONY IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, 19 November (UNEP) -- Environmental visionary Ashok Khosla, who has created jobs for thousands of rural and urban poor in India, was presented this evening with the prestigious 2002 United Nations Environment Programme Sasakawa Environment Prize.

UNEP CONFERENCE ON ENDANGERED SPECIES TAKES DECISIONS

ON STRATEGIES FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

SANTIAGO, 15 November (UNEP) -- A two-week conference of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ends today after adopting decisions that promote wildlife conservation through various strategies involving strict protection, trade regulation and sustainable use.

UNEP IDENTIFIES DEPLETED URANIUM RISKS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

SARAJEVO/BANJA LUKA, 11 November (UNEP) -- A team of experts, fielded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), has investigated 15 sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina targeted with weapons containing depleted uranium (DU) during the mid-1990s.

MINISTERS CALL FOR EFFECTIVE ACTION IN LIMITING EMISSIONS

AND REDUCING VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Delhi Declaration Links Climate Change to Sustainable Development

NEW DELHI, 1 November -- Ministers and senior officials from some

170 countries have adopted a Delhi Ministerial Declaration on climate change and sustainable development.

THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH CHILDREN'S EYES: TWELFTH GLOBAL PAINTING CONTEST

NAIROBI (UNEP), 7 October -- Children from around the globe are being urged to paint their vision of a cleaner, healthier, fairer and more environmentally-friendly world.

SEAS IN ASIA, NORTH-WEST PACIFIC AND WEST AFRICA

AT HIGHEST RISK FROM LAND-BASED POLLUTION

UNEP Calls on Governments to Back

Wastewater Emission Targets as Key Step to Cleaning Up Seas

AMSTERDAM/NAIROBI (UNEP), 3 October -- The coastal habitats, fisheries, marine wildlife and the people of the Asian, North-West Pacific and West African sea regions are the most threatened in the world from untreated sewage discharged into coastal waters.