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Geneva Ambassadors and Heads of national delegations attending UNECE’s 64th commission session reaffirmed today their commitment to road safety by signing the poster “We drive by the rules”.This initiative represents a symbolic, personal commitment to the objectives of the Decade of
Geneva The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) will hold its 64th session on 29-31 March 2001 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Commission is responsible for making strategic decisions on the UNECE programme of work and provides a forum for policy dialogue on
Geneva The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), in close co-operation with the Indirect Taxation Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina, organizes a Regional TIR training seminar in Sarajevo, on 29 and 30 March 2011. The seminar is aimed at increasing the capacity of the
GenevaA subregional workshop to enhance understanding of and strengthen capacity for the implementation of the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context, and in particular the Convention’s Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment, will be held in
Geneva The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has just issued a publication that helps address the hazards in environments with a high risk of explosion such as mines, refineries, chemical plants and mills. The booklet “Common Regulatory Framework for
To celebrate the World Forest Day of the International Year of Forests, on 21 March 2011, the UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section held a tree planting ceremony in the “Parc Ariana” which surrounds the Palais des Nations in Geneva. A tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) from the “Art of
Geneva To achieve the goal of ensuring adequate housing choice and affordability, housing issues needs to be placed high on national development agendas. This was one of the main messages given to the participants of the first training workshop on “Affordable Housing Provision in CIS
Today, on the occasion of World Forest Day, experts gathered in Geneva to review the status of and trends in forests and forest resources in Europe and North America, discuss related finding from the FAO’s Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 (FRA 2010) and consider the preliminary
GenevaIn order to promote scientific research on sustainable forest management, the ECE/FAO Forestry and Timber section has launched a PhD Thesis Award. The prize of 10,000 USD dollars will be awarded to the best PhD thesis providing new data and insights into forest management, and how
GenevaA subregional workshop to enhance understanding of and strengthen capacity for the implementation of the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context, and in particular the Convention’s Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment, will be held in
GenevaThe First Steering Committee meeting of the European Union (EU) Water Initiative National Water Policy Dialogue on integrated water resource management (IWRM) in Tajikistan will take place in Dushanbe on Wednesday, 16 March. The National Policy Dialogue on IWRM Steering Committee
Geneva A two-day national seminar on international water cooperation opened today in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The seminar aims to discuss the role of international law, including the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water
Geneva With growing trade volumes and increasingly complex supply chain procedures, ensuring the efficient movement of goods is crucial. To this end, Governments are adapting traditional legal instruments to new technologies by implementing “e-governance” solutions. The
Geneva The inland transport sector, which was heavily affected by the global economic downturn and the 12.2% contraction of world merchandise trade in 2009, has shown an encouraging increase in 2010. Road freight transport rose approximately 10%, after a 30% plunge in 2009. However
Geneva Officials and experts of the five Central Asian countries meeting in Almaty on 2 and 3 March agreed to continue cooperation to ensure the safety of their ageing dams, which present a looming threat owing to the double burden of growing populations in settlements downstream and
At its sixth meeting (Geneva, 1–2 March 2011), the Compliance Committee under the Protocol on Water and Health outlined the main features for a new consultation process geared to help Parties implement their obligations under the Protocol. This is a fundamentally new approach and the
As part of the preparatory committee meeting for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, UNECE, UN-HABITAT and their partners will hold a side event promoting green infrastructure development.Held in conjunction with Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI), the
Geneva The transport of dangerous goods remains a subject of deep concern for the fifty-six countries of the Economic Commission for Europe.The United States Department of Transportation estimates the number of hazardous materials shipments in the United States at more than 800,000 per
Geneva On 22 February, UNECE signed a four-year technical-cooperation Agreement with the world-renowned Swiss agricultural research station Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil (ACW) to raise the standard of cultivation, quality control and certification of seed potatoes in the
Geneva/AshgabatUNECE kicked off the Environmental Performance Review (EPR) of Turkmenistan on 22 February in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The team of international experts that will perform the review, initiated upon the request of the Government of Turkmenistan, will remain in the country
Geneva The challenges facing the transport sector and the role that UNECE can play in overcoming them will be at the heart of the discussions of the 73rd annual session of UNECE’s Inland Transport Committee (ITC) that will take place on 1-3 March 2011. The debates will
UNECE’s Statistical Division has been working with Google to bring key statistics on our member countries to a wider audience using new data visualization techniques.As a result of extensive collaboration over the last year to develop data content, format and transmission mechanisms, UNECE
GenevaTo celebrate the International Year of Forests, UNECE and FAO have constructed a “temporary forest” inside the Palais des Nations building, in the “Salle des pas perdus” gallery. Some 70 living trees from 27 different species from Europe and North America, with heights ranging from
In Western and Central Europe the quality of freshwater has in general improved in the past 20 years thanks to remarkable investments in wastewater treatment plants. However, many challenges still threaten water resources and aquatic ecosystems: among them, pollution from agriculture
A bilateral Kazak-Kyrgyz working group will review the safety of the Kirov dam and produce a joint safety assessment by April 2011. This working group was established today in a meeting in Bishkek. Representatives from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan agreed that the group would work under the