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Environmental issues and sustainable development


ENV/DEV/551
31 August 2000


Press Release
ENV/DEV/551


LYON TALKS TO SET STAGE FOR MAJOR CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

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BONN, 30 August (UNFCCC) -- Government delegates from some 150 countries will convene in Lyon, France, from 11-15 September to finalize preparations for the ministerial-level round of climate change negotiations to be held in The Hague, Netherlands, in November.

UNEP/72
11 July 2000


Press Release
UNEP/72


OZONE TALKS FOCUS ON ACTION BY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

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GENEVA/NAIROBI, 10 July (UNEP) -- Some 300 diplomats and experts are meeting in Geneva this week to prepare for the Twelfth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, to be held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, from 11 to 15 December 2000.

UNEP/70
5 June 2000


Press Release
UNEP/70


UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ISSUES WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY MESSAGE

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NAIROBI/ADELAIDE, 5 June (UNEP) -- Every year on 5 June, we celebrate World Environment Day -- an occasion when people the world over come together to demonstrate their commitment to the protection of the environment.

ENV/DEV/547
8 May 2000


Press Release
ENV/DEV/547


COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, WINDING UP EIGHTH SESSION, ADOPTS KEY TEXTS IN PREPARATION FOR AGENDA 21 REVIEW

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As it concluded its eighth session in the early morning of 6 May, the Commission on Sustainable Development took action on texts relating to land, finance, agriculture, forests and preparations for the 10-year review of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), held in Rio de Janeiro.