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Environmental issues and sustainable development


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.

UNEP/18
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

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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.