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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…
On 6 May 2014 in Yerevan, the Steering Committee of the National Policy Dialogue (NPD) on water resources management approved the draft national water and health targets, prepared by the national expert group with support from the United Nations Economic Commission for…
Information systems for smart cities and better lives
The major challenge for the governments today is how to provide people with a decent quality of life, while at the same time managing the pressures coming from overpopulation, rapid demographic growth, urbanization and climate change. Nowadays, half of the world’s…
Representatives of the Parties to the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents, gathered in Geneva on 28 and 29 April 2014 at the fourth meeting of the Working Group on Development of the Convention, unanimously agreed on a revised annex I to…
We Are All Forest Dependent People
In 1958 Charles David Keeling began collecting carbon dioxide samples that became the basis for the first graph describing the build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the Keeling Curve. This is the most known story. The less known story is that the Keeling…
Казахстан начинает процесс присоединения к Протоколу по проблемам воды и здоровья
На заседании, состоявшемся 24 апреля 2014 года в Бурабае, Казахстан, главные заинтересованные стороны Координационного совета Национального диалога по водной политике (НДП) Казахстана выступили с рекомендацией приступить к процессу присоединения к Протоколу по…
Kazakhstan to start process of joining UNECE Protocol on Water and Health
At a meeting on 24 April 2014 in Burabay, Kazakhstan, key stakeholders of the National Policy Dialogue on water resources Steering Committee of Kazakhstan recommended the initiation of the process of joining the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)-…
UNECE/FAO to help Kazakhstan develop an action plan for the forest sector in a green economy
The joint UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section, has been requested by the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources of Kazakhstan to assist its Committee of Forestry and Hunting to support the elaboration of its forestry development programme and action plan, with a view to enhance its…
Лесные вопросы: от плана к действиям
По приглашению Правительства Российской Федерации и при поддержке Федерального агентства лесного хозяйства и Министерства лесного хозяйства Республики Татарстан с 18 по 21 ноября 2014 года в Казани будет проходить 72-я сессия Комитета ЕЭК ООН по лесам и лесной…
Forest Matters: from plan to action
At the invitation of the Government of the Russian Federation and with the support of the Russian Federal Forest Agency and the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan will host the 72nd Session of the UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest…
Liquefied Natural Gas will be key to decarbonize the economy and improve energy security
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) has the potential to turn the natural gas market into a truly global one, thus allowing natural gas to play a full role in transforming the energy system to underpin a sustainable future. In addition, in view of the uncertainties caused by…
Ежегодно более 76 600 рабочих мест могло бы быть создано в сфере благоприятного для окружающей среды и здоровья транспорта и 10 000 жизней могло бы быть спасено, если крупнейшие города Европы[1] достигли бы такой же, как в Копенгагене, доли велосипедной езды в общей…
Plus de 76 600 personnes seraient employées dans des modes de transport écologiques et sains chaque année et 10 000 vies seraient sauvées si les grandes[1] villes d'Europe atteignaient le niveau de pratique du vélo enregistré à Copenhague. Telle est la conclusion d'une…
Cycling can create at least 76 600 jobs and save 10 000 lives every year in major European cities
Over 76 600 people would be employed in green and healthy transport every year and 10 000 lives would be saved if major European cities[1] reached the cycling modal share of Copenhagen. This is the conclusion of a new publication released today by UNECE and…
UN/CEFACT commits full support to the implementation of the WTO Bali Trade Facilitation Agreement
The 20th Plenary session of the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) took place in Geneva from 10 to 11 April, alongside the 23rd UN/CEFACT Forum attended by 150 experts from over 30 countries and International Organizations…