Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

Environmental issues and sustainable development

ENV/DEV/536

COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TO HOLD EIGHTH ANNUAL SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS, 24 APRIL-5 MAY

20 April 2000


Press Release
ENV/DEV/536


COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TO HOLD EIGHTH ANNUAL SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS, 24 APRIL-5 MAY

20000420 Background Release

The Commission on Sustainable Development will hold its eighth session from 24 April to 5 May at United Nations Headquarters in New York, focusing on land management; financial resources, trade, investment and economic growth; and agriculture.

UNEP/66

VIENNA CONVENTION PROTECTING OZONE LAYER LAUDED 15 YEARS AFTER SIGNATURE

21 March 2000


Press Release
UNEP/66


VIENNA CONVENTION PROTECTING OZONE LAYER LAUDED 15 YEARS AFTER SIGNATURE

20000321

NAIROBI, 21 March (UNEP) -- Tomorrow, 22 March, marks the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer. With the adoption of that Convention, the foundation was laid for concerted international efforts to protect the ozone layer.

UNEP/63

LIABILITY REGIME FOR HAZARDOUS WASTES ACCIDENTS OPENS FOR SIGNATURE IN BERN

7 March 2000


Press Release
UNEP/63


LIABILITY REGIME FOR HAZARDOUS WASTES ACCIDENTS OPENS FOR SIGNATURE IN BERN

20000307

NAIROBI/GENEVA, 6 March (UNEP) -- Three months after its adoption by governments, the Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal is being opened for signature today in the Swiss capital of Bern.