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UNEP/122
03/10/2002
Press Release
UNEP/122


SEAS IN ASIA, NORTH-WEST PACIFIC AND WEST AFRICA


AT HIGHEST RISK FROM LAND-BASED POLLUTION


UNEP Calls on Governments to Back

Wastewater Emission Targets as Key Step to Cleaning Up Seas


AMSTERDAM/NAIROBI (UNEP), 3 October -- The coastal habitats, fisheries, marine wildlife and the people of the Asian, North-West Pacific and West African sea regions are the most threatened in the world from untreated sewage discharged into coastal waters.

SG/SM/8414-OBV/294
03/10/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8414
OBV/294


MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO NATURAL HAZARDS, SAYS


SECRETARY-GENERAL ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION


Following is the Secretary-General's message for the International Day for Disaster Reduction -- "Disaster reduction for sustainable mountain development",

9 October 2002: