ENV/DEV/566
16/04/2001
| Press Release ENV/DEV/566 |
Commission on Sustainable Development
Ninth Session
3rd Meeting (PM)
In progress at UNHQ
Environmental issues and sustainable development
ENV/DEV/564
16/04/2001
| Press Release ENV/DEV/564 |
Commission on Sustainable Development
Ninth Session
2nd Meeting (AM)
ENV/DEV/565-PI/1333
16/04/2001
| Press Release ENV/DEV/565 PI/1333 |
ENERGY AND CLIMATE TO TOP AGENDA OF EARTH SUMMIT COMMISSION
ENV/DEV/563
12/04/2001
| Press Release ENV/DEV/563 |
Background Release
COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT HEADQUARTERS, 16 - 27 APRIL;
ENV/DEV/562
04/04/2001
| Press Release ENV/DEV/562 |
POP/797
UNEP/88
30/03/2001
| Press Release UNEP/88 |
AS GLOBAL WARMING DEBATE HEATS UP, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE
CHANGE MEETS IN NAIROBI TO REVIEW LATEST SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS
(Reissued as received.)
NAIROBI, 30 March (UNEP) -- An important meeting to chart the future of the official scientific body which advises governments on climate change will take place at the Nairobi headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) from 4 to 6 April.
UNEP/87
29/03/2001
| Press Release UNEP/87 |
UNEP PROJECT TO REVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION TRENDS
IN SOUTH CHINA SEA AND GULF OF THAILAND
(Reissued as received.)
BANGKOK, 28 March 2001 (UNEP) -- To reverse environmental degradation in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will implement a $32 million project funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Governments of Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam.
UNEP/86
14/03/2001
| Press Release UNEP/86 |
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME RECOMMENDS PRECAUTIONARY ACTION
REGARDING DEPLETED URANIUM IN KOSOVO
GENEVA, 13 March (UNEP) -- The final report of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on the environmental impact of depleted uranium (DU) ammunition used during the 1999 Kosovo conflict was released in Geneva today.
ENV/DEV/560-PI/1326
20/02/2001
| Press Release ENV/DEV/560 PI/1326 |
UN FORUM ON FORESTS CONCLUDES ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION,
DECIDES TO LOCATE SECRETARIAT IN NEW YORK
The recently established United Nations Forum on Forests decided on Friday to locate its secretariat in New York. The decision was taken as the Forum finished up a week-long organizational session and informal consultations to set a new approach towards international forest policy.
UNEP/85
16/02/2001
| Press Release UNEP/85 |
UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME CONFIRMS PLUTONIUM FOUND IN DU AMMUNITION
GENEVA, 16 February (UNEP) –- Traces of plutonium have been detected in the DU penetrators found at sites in Kosovo that were investigated in November 2000 by the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Depleted Uranium Assessment Team, which included the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), UNEP reported here today.