ENV/DEV/454
4 December 1997
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.
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.