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Experts met in Geneva on June 16 for the Second Workshop on Forests and Sustainable Development Goals to discuss whether and how the essential role played by forests in sustainable development is currently reflected in the SDGs.
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The Administrative Committee of the TIR Convention held an extraordinary high-level session on 12 June 2014. The high level delegations of ministries of Finance, ministries of Transport, national Customs authorities, and diplomatic representatives of some Contracting…
The UNECE Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment now a global instrument
Parties to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) and its Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment decided last week to turn the Protocol into a fully global instrument and to simplify the future accession of…
Arab countries study the benefits of joining the UNECE Water Convention
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) can be a source of inspiration for progress in the management of…
On 10 June 2014 – Parties to the Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context and its Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment adopted a declaration on the application of these instruments to…
ЕЭК ООН, оказывает помощь в управлении информацией по окружающей среде и воде в Центральной Азии
Центральная Азия сталкивается со все большими проблемами в области окружающей среды и водных ресурсов. Часть проблем - таких, как высыхания Аральского моря или…
UNECE to help develop the management of information on the environment and water in Central Asia
Central Asia is facing growing challenges in the field of environment and water resources. Part of the problems – like the drying out of the Aral Sea or unsafe uranium tailings – is inherited from the past. Increasing environmental pollution and strain on water…
UNFC development continues: rules for application to renewables released for public comment
Generic specifications (rules of application) for the application of the United Nations Framework Classification for Fossil Energy and Mineral Reserves and Resources 2009 (UNFC) to renewable energy were released today for public comment. Comments are invited from…
The Future of Forests –Planted, semi-natural and urban forests to prevail in 300 years
On 22 May, to celebrate the International Day of Biodiversity, the Acting Director General of UNOG and Acting Executive Secretary of UNECE, Mr. Michael Møller, buried a bottle containing a message to future generations under a tree, in the garden of the Palais. When…
Despite progress in recent years in the country’s policy framework related to the environment and sustainable development, the Republic of Moldova faces significant challenges with regard to wastewater management, municipal solid waste…
UNECE and Partners Launch initiative to save lives at Level Crossings
Millions of near misses and over 6,000 deaths occur each year in the world at level crossings – where a road and railway tracks intersect. To raise awareness of this issue, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and partners have produced a film…
Over 150 Government officials, representatives of international organizations, international financial institutions (IFIs), civil society, academia and other stakeholders from some 50 countries will meet in Geneva from 2 to 5 June to…
В пятницу 23 мая 2014 года Координационный совет Национального диалога по политике в области интегрированного управления водными ресурсами Таджикистана обсудил прогресс в проведении реформ водного сектора, разработанных при поддержке Европейской экономической…
On Friday, 23 May 2014, the Steering Committee of the National Policy Dialogue on Integrated Water Resources Management of Tajikistan discussed the state of water management reforms that the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) helped to design.…
Sound land administration and land management support many goals of the United Nations, including secure tenure for peoples’ homes, environmental protection, disaster risk mitigation, conflict prevention and economic development. In the region of the United Nations…
UNECE welcomes the entry into force of the United Nations Watercourses Convention
The 1997 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses (United Nations Watercourses Convention) will enter into force on 17 August 2014. The accession by Viet Nam to the United Nations Watercourses Convention on 19…
Celebrating the International Day of Biodiversity with a forest message in a bottle
An old forester tradition is to bury a message for future generations underneath the roots when a tree is planted. The message will lie there for decades—maybe centuries—until a future generation finds it. The message becomes a time capsule for posterity that bears…
UNECE finishes first Environmental Performance Review of Morocco
On 21 May 2014, the first Environmental Performance Review (EPR) of Morocco, undertaken by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in cooperation with the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), was launched in Rabat. The review reveals both progress in Morocco’s policy…
21st Century Housing Challenges to be addressed through a Charter on Sustainable Housing
There are many challenges facing housing in the 21st Century in the UNECE region. The continuing economic crisis and high…
На заседании, состоявшемся 6 мая в Ереване, Координационный совет Национальных диалогов по водной политике (НДП) принял проект национальных целевых показателей по воде и здоровью, подготовленный национальными экспертами при поддержке Европейской экономической…