Environmental issues and sustainable development


UNEP/70
5 June 2000


Press Release
UNEP/70


UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ISSUES WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY MESSAGE

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NAIROBI/ADELAIDE, 5 June (UNEP) -- Every year on 5 June, we celebrate World Environment Day -- an occasion when people the world over come together to demonstrate their commitment to the protection of the environment.

ENV/DEV/547
8 May 2000


Press Release
ENV/DEV/547


COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, WINDING UP EIGHTH SESSION, ADOPTS KEY TEXTS IN PREPARATION FOR AGENDA 21 REVIEW

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As it concluded its eighth session in the early morning of 6 May, the Commission on Sustainable Development took action on texts relating to land, finance, agriculture, forests and preparations for the 10-year review of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), held in Rio de Janeiro.