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At the fifteenth meeting of the Working Group of the Parties to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention), held at the United Nations in Geneva from 3 to 5 September 2012, Parties reaffirmed
On 4 August 2012, the Parliament of Turkmenistan voted for the country’s accession to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention). Turkmenistan will become the thirty-ninth
As of 20 June 2012, Ireland has become the latest country to ratify the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and its amendment on
Sven Alkalaj, UNECE Executive Secretary, was one of the keynote speakers at the event Choosing Our Future: Open and Participatory Sustainable Development Governance, organized by the World Resources Institute in cooperation with UNECE and other partners on 19 June in Rio.This full-day event
A boat for fisheries inspectors and a water sampling platform on the Dniester River were formally handed over to authorities in the Republic of Moldova today by representatives of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and its partner organizations, the Organization for Security and
With the support of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and Global Water Partnership-Mediterranean, the first meeting of the Drin Core Group took place on 30 May 2012 in Ohrid, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. This was the first meeting of the Core Group as the
At its eighteenth session, held last week in Geneva from 17 to 20 April 2012, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Committee on Environmental Policy provisionally extended the mandates of bodies on environmental performance reviews and environmental monitoring and assessment
The Third workshop on water and climate change in transboundary basins: Making adaptation work will bring together more than 140 participants from all over the world on 25 and 26 April 2012 in Geneva to discuss how to prevent conflict in transboundary basins over dwindling water resources by
GenevaThe consequences of the opening of the UNECE Water Convention to non-UNECE countries - its “globalization” - and its implications for the future programme of work will be a key priority for the future of the Convention. This was one of the main conclusions of a strategic workshop held on
On 1 February 2012, following two years of negotiations, the Legal Board of the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) finalized the proposal for a mechanism to facilitate implementation of and compliance with the
For the first time, more than 80 high-level representatives from Asian and European States gathered in Geneva to discuss cooperation on the management and protection of transboundary waters along the borders of the two continents.Many transboundary river basins lie at the border between Europe
Almaty/GenevaAt the “Managing water information in Central Asia” workshop, held on 7 December in Almaty, Kazakhstan, organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), more than 50 representatives of Central Asian countries, international organizations and donors debated
KyivOn 1 and 2 December 2011 official and non-governmental organization representatives of Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova met in Kyiv to further develop transboundary water cooperation on the shared Dniester River, where severe weather events, such as flooding, coupled with serious water
Sarajevo UNECE and the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina (MOFTER) launched the 2nd Environmental Performance Review (EPR) of Bosnia and Herzegovina today in front of an audience of key Governmental institutions, the NGO sector, and international
BakuOn Monday, 28 November 2011, Government representatives of Azerbaijan and Georgia met in Baku to discuss a draft bilateral agreement on the shared water resources of the Kura River Basin as part of a joint United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)-Organization for Security and
Tirana On 25 November 2011 in Tirana the five Drin River Riparians signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a Shared Strategic Vision for the Sustainable Management of the Drin River Basin to protect the shared water resources for about 1.5 million people relying on the water resources of the
Tashkent/Geneva, 9 November 2011 — An expert workshop to enhance understanding of the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context, and in particular the Convention’s Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment, opened in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, today. The
GenevaAs of 20 October 2011, Iceland has become the latest country to ratify the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. This action raises the total
DushanbeThe Steering Committee of the National Policy Dialogue on Integrated Water Resource Management (NPD/IWRM) met for the second time in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Nineteen policy-makers, including the Minister of Land Reclamation and Water Management and two deputy ministers; representatives of
GenevaTo celebrate the first anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment and the tenth anniversary of the European Union Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive, some 250 international
Podgorica Representatives of national, regional and local authorities, important economic sectors, water users associations, academia, private sector, NGOs as well representatives of international organizations and donor countries met on 28 April 2011, in Podgorica, Montenegro to discuss and
GenevaThe 7th “Environment for Europe” (EfE) Ministerial Conference, held in Astana from 21 to 23 September 2011, concluded on the commitment by the Governments of the UNECE region to take the lead in the transition to a green economy. The Conference gathered more than 1,500 participants, from
The 7th Ministerial Conference “Environment for Europe” will open on 21 September in Astana. More than 800 participants will discuss the two main themes for the Conference: Sustainable management of water and water-related ecosystems; and Greening the economy: mainstreaming the environment into
GenevaAt their meeting last week (29 June–1 July 2011) in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, the Parties to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention) adopted by consensus a number of
GenevaMarking a decade since the entry into force of the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention), the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention last week adopted a decision encouraging