Environmental issues and sustainable development


ENV/DEV/461
2 February 1998


Press Release
ENV/DEV/461


EXPERTS HOLD TALKS ON GLOBAL WATER INITIATIVE

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HARARE, 30 January -- Over 120 experts on freshwater resources from around the world ended four days of talks here today with recommendations that could form the basis of a global initiative to conserve and protect freshwater.

UNEP/19
24 November 1997


Press Release
UNEP/19


MINISTERS FROM SEVEN AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO MEET IN DAKAR, SENEGAL, TO DISCUSS ENVIRONMENT

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NAIROBI, 20 November (UNEP) -- African Ministers will meet in Dakar, Senegal, this week to consider legal instruments which, if adopted, will formalize the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment as the region's intergovernmental body on the environment.