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Environmental issues and sustainable development


ENV/DEV/646
30/05/2002
Press Release
ENV/DEV/646


GOOD PROGRESS MADE IN BALI ON NEGOTIATION OF OUTCOME DOCUMENT

FOR JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT


(Received from a UN Information Officer.)


BALI, 30 May -- As the final Preparatory Committee for the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development continued its session today, government representatives focused their attention on the draft implementation programme to be adopted by the Summit this September in Johannesburg, South Africa.

ENV/DEV/645
29/05/2002
Press Release
ENV/DEV/645


WATER SHOULD BE AT TOP OF JOHANNESBURG AGENDA, PREPARATORY MEETING

FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE TOLD


(Received from a UN Information Officer.)


BALI, 29 May -- Water should be put “at the top of the agenda in Johannesburg”, Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange of the Netherlands, said this morning as the fourth and final Preparatory Committee session for the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development continued its work.