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UNECE cooperates with Interstate Commission on Sustainable Development to strengthen implementation of Rio+20 outcomes in Central Asia

The expert meeting, “Outcomes of Rio+20: challenges and opportunities for the Interstate Commission on Sustainable Development” took place on 30 May 2013 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Participants at the meeting, co-organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe…

UNECE and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean to increase cooperation to support economic development in the Mediterranean

Economic development in the Mediterranean region will require increased regional integration and the implementation of international best practices in legislation and regulations. On 30 and 31 May 2013 parliamentarians from the region gathered in Geneva to discuss how…

اللجنة الاقتصادية لأوروبا والجمعية البرلمانية للبحر الأبيض المتوسط تعزز التعاون لدعم التنمية الاقتصادية في منطقة البحر الأبيض المتوسط

تتطلب التنمية الاقتصادية في منطقة البحر الأبيض المتوسط ​​ زيادة التكامل الإقليمي وتنفيذ أفضل الممارسات الدولية في التشريعات و النظم. تجمع يومي 30 و 31 مايو 2013 في جنيف برلمانيين من المنطقة لمناقشة كيف يمكن لللجنة الاقتصادية لأوروبا والأنكتاد أن…

UNECE helps Georgia draft new Water Law

A draft new Water Law was presented at the Second Steering Committee meeting of the Georgian National Policy Dialogue (NPD) on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), held in Tbilisi on 30 May 2013. The new Water Law has been drafted by an interministerial…

UNECE supports first Meeting of the Parties to Drin River Basin treaty

On 28 May 2013 in Tirana the five Drin River Riparians held the first Meeting of the Parties to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a Shared Strategic Vision for the Sustainable Management of the Drin River Basin. At the meeting, high-level representatives from…

Tapping into the Russian Federation’s bioenergy potential

Russia has more than a fifth of the world's forests, which makes it the largest forest country in the world. However, the considerable potential of Russian forests is underutilized and Russia's share of the global trade in forest products is less than four percent…

UN to discuss avenues for harnessing trade for growth in the Mediterranean region

The UNECE in collaboration with the United Nations Inter-Agency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM), is organizing a conference on 30-31 May 2013 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva to support economic growth…

ЕЭК ООН поддерживает модернизацию водного законодательства в Таджикистане

Душанбе, 23 мая 2013 года - Пятое совещание Координационного совета Национальных диалогов по политике в области интегрированного управления водными ресурсами в рамках Водной инициативы Европейского Союза (ВИЕС), на котором обсуждалась новая Стратегия реформирования…

UNECE supports modernization of water legislation in Tajikistan

The fifth meeting of the Steering Committee of the European Union (EU) Water Initiative’s National Policy Dialogue on Integrated Water Resources Management was held in Dushanbe on 23 May 2013, to discuss a new Water Sector Reform Strategy, drafted by an interministerial…

Water and Biodiversity: UNECE Water Convention puts ecosystems at the heart of water management

This year “Water and Biodiversity” is the topic of the International Day for Biological Diversity, which is celebrated annually on 22 May. In 2013 — the International Year of Water Cooperation — the International Day for Biological…

UNECE signs tripartite Memorandum of Understanding with UNESCAP and the Eurasian Economic Community

A Memorandum of Understanding between the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) was signed on 22 May 2013 in Astana,…

ЕЭК ООН подписала трехсторонний Меморандум о взаимопонимании с ЭСКАТО ООН и Евразийским экономическим сообществом

22 мая 2013 года в Астане (Казахстан) был подписан Меморандум о взаимопонимании между Европейской экономической комиссией ООН (ЕЭК ООН), Экономической и социальной комиссией для Азии и Тихого океана (ЭСКАТО) и Евразийским экономическим сообществом.

L’examen des performances environnementales de la Roumanie montre que la gestion des déchets et le traitement des eaux usées demeurent des priorités

L'accès à l'eau potable et à un assainissement amélioré ainsi que la gestion des déchets demeurent parmi les problèmes environnementaux les plus pressants de la Roumanie selon le deuxième Examen des performances environnementales de la Roumanie publié aujourd'hui. L'…

Environmental Performance Review of Romania shows waste management and wastewater treatment remain top priorities

Access to clean water and improved sanitation and waste management remain some of the most pressing environmental challenges facing Romania according to the second Environmental Performance Review of Romania published today. The Review, performed by the United Nations…

Multi-stakeholder workshop in Vilnius will address adaptation to climate change in the Neman River Basin

Representatives of different water users and authorities in the Neman (Nemunas) River Basin — shared by Belarus, Lithuania and the Kaliningrad Oblast of the Russian Federation — will discuss potential measures to minimize risks and protect the population,…

With housing construction doubling, key challenges in Tajikistan will include energy efficiency and management of multi-apartment houses

Housing availability has been one of Tajikistan’s key challenges. The country has a rapidly growing population, but limited land resources due to the mountainous landscape, high seismicity and soils prone to landslides.

Reform of the housing…

UNECE and Eurasian Economic Commission recommend next steps in trade facilitation and the Single Window in the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE and the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) organized a second joint Conference on Trade Facilitation and the Single Window on 23-24 April, in Moscow. The Conference issued recommendations for action to EEC Member…

Innovation policy and financing for green technologies in Turkmenistan

Two UNECE capacity-building events for policymakers, Ashgabat, 15-17 May.

Countries wishing to adopt innovative green technologies need the right policies and enabling environment. They also need suitable…

ЕЭК ООН помогает Азербайджану и Грузии продвигаться вперед в области совместного устойчивого управления бассейном реки Кура

Во вторник, 30 апреля 2013 г., представители Азербайджана и Грузии встретились в Тбилиси для обсуждения проекта двустороннего соглашения по разделяемым водным ресурсами бассейна реки Кура в рамках проекта, реализуемого  совместно Европейской экономической комиссией…

UNECE assists Azerbaijan and Georgia in making good progress towards the joint, sustainable management of the Kura River Basin

On Tuesday, 30 April 2013, representatives of Azerbaijan and Georgia met in Tbilisi 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…