Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

Environmental issues and sustainable development

UNEP/18

UNEP OFFICE ON PROTECTION OF MARINE ENVIRONMENT FROM LAND-BASED ACTIVITIES TO BE OPENED AT THE HAGUE ON 24 NOVEMBER

19 November 1997


Press Release
UNEP/18


UNEP OFFICE ON PROTECTION OF MARINE ENVIRONMENT FROM LAND-BASED ACTIVITIES TO BE OPENED AT THE HAGUE ON 24 NOVEMBER

19971119

NAIROBI/THE HAGUE, 19 November (UNEP) -- An important step forward will be taken next week in the implementation of an ambitious programme of action dealing with threats to the global marine environment and the health and economic well-being of the approximately 3.5 billion people who live in the world's coastal areas.

ENV/DEV/447

CONFERENCE OF PARTIES TO DESERTIFICATION CONVENTION TO MEET AT ROME, 29 SEPTEMBER - 10 OCTOBER

25 September 1997


Press Release
ENV/DEV/447


CONFERENCE OF PARTIES TO DESERTIFICATION CONVENTION TO MEET AT ROME, 29 SEPTEMBER - 10 OCTOBER

19970925

ROME, 24 September (Interim Secretariat, Convention to Combat Desertification) -- Around 1,000 participants, including heads of State, ministers, mayors, diplomats and community leaders, will meet in Rome from 29 September to 10 October to start putting the Convention to Combat Desertification into action.