2 December 1999

Press Release
UNEP/53

TAKING ACTION ON TRADE-RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION UNEP RELEASES SIX NEW COUNTRY-LEVEL REPORTS

19991202

SEATTLE/NAIROBI, 2 December (UNEP) -- At the third World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in Seattle, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is releasing six new reports that demonstrate how countries can take action to address trade-related environmental degradation.

2 December 1999

Press Release
UNEP/54

ELEMENTS OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE WTO AND UNEP

19991202

The following text was issued by the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a press release on the eve of the third WTO ministerial meeting:

13 December 1999

Press Release
UNEP/55

COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY PROTOCOL ADOPTED BY PARTIES TO BASEL CONVENTION ON HAZARDOUS WASTES

19991213

Ministers Adopt Declaration on Treaty Priorities for Next Decade

28 December 1999

Press Release
UNEP/56

UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ON BIODIVERSITY DAY, SAYS CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY MATTER OF ETHICS, ECONOMICS, ECOLOGY

19991228

NAIROBI, 27 December (UNEP) – Following is the message of Klaus Toepfer, Executive-Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity, which is observed 29 December:

22 November 1995

Press Release
ENV/DEV/342

6 December 1995

Press Release
ENV/DEV/343

2 January 1996

Press Release
ENV/DEV/343*
HE/923

22 February 1996

Press Release
ENV/DEV/344

Nearly 100 world leaders have accepted United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s invitation to participate in a historic summit on climate change to mobilize political will and strengthen momentum for a fair, effective and ambitious climate deal in Copenhagen.

Climate change, the pre-eminent geopolitical and economic issue of the twenty-first century, threatened to rewrite the global equation for development, peace and prosperity, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, as he pressed world leaders to cooperate on a just and scientifically sound solution that strengthened sustainable development and powered green growth for every country.