UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME NAMES SEVEN ‘CHAMPIONS OF THE EARTH’

New Environmental Award Recognizes Outstanding, Innovative Leaders

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NAIROBI, 12 April (UNEP) -- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has named seven leaders in the field of the environment as “Champions of the Earth” for “setting an example for the world to follow”.

COMMITTEE ON COMMODITY PROBLEMS OPENS AT FAO

 

Producer Prices Stand at Historic Lows

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SECRETARY-GENERAL HEARTENED BY EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S PROPOSAL

FOR AMBITIOUS TARGETS FOR OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

 

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Geneva early Wednesday, 6 April.  He held a series of private meetings in the afternoon.

PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQ BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the text of today’s statement to the press on Iraq by Security Council President Wang Guangya (China):

CITING ‘MASSIVE SHORTFALLS IN FUNDING’, SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS

FOR $2.6 BILLION FOR SOUTH SUDAN

Following is the text of the statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Sudan Donors’ Conference in Oslo today:

NEW REPORT SHOWS HOW TO SAVE OZONE LAYER WHILE COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE

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GENEVA, 11 April (UNEP/WMO) -- After 20 years of protecting the ozone layer with a new generation of chemicals, governments are confronting the fact that these ozone-friendly substitutes for chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) also happen to be greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.

UNODC ASSISTS CENTRAL ASIAN STATES, AFGHANISTAN, MONGOLIA,

 

RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM

 

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Commission on Sustainable Development

Thirteenth Session

2^nd & 3^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

IMMENSE CHALLENGES REMAIN IN MEETING WATER, SANITATION, HUMAN SETTLEMENT GOALS,

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TOLD

Two-Week Session Aims at Policies,

Practical Measures to Accelerate Progress Towards Global Targets

OFFICE OF HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SETS TO MONITOR SITUATION IN NEPAL

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GENEVA, 11 April (UN Information Service) -- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is to set up a monitoring operation in Nepal in a move to help establish accountability for human rights abuses and prevent further violations.