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The Rio+20 UN Sustainable Development Conference outlined the importance of a holistic approach to urban development and human settlements and an integrated approach to planning and building sustainable cities and urban settlements.
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Central Asian cooperation forum seeks lessons from South and South-East Asian integration
2012 SPECA Economic Forum
Government leaders and researchers from Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan, together with intergovernmental organizations and financial institutions working…
On 22 November 2012, Sven Alkalaj, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and UNECE Executive Secretary, and Dr. Enrique T. Ona, Secretary of Health of the Republic of the Philippines, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishing the Specialist Public-Private…
USD 4.5 million mobilized to support transboundary water cooperation in the Drin River Basin
A meeting of the Drin Core Group was organised on 20 November 2012 in Tirana with the support of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and Global Water Partnership-Mediterranean.. This was the second meeting of the Core Group as the official joint…
ЕЭК ООН оказывает поддержку реформам водного сектора в Таджикистане
15 ноября 2012 года в Душанбе состоялось четвертое заседание Координационного совета Национального диалога по политике в сфере интегрированного управления водными ресурсами (НДП в сфере ИУВР) Водной инициативы Европейского Союза (ЕС), стратегическим партнером по которому является Европейская…
UNECE supports water sector reform in Tajikistan
The fourth meeting of the Steering Committee of the European Union (EU) Water Initiative’s National Policy Dialogue on Integrated Water Resource Management (NPD IWRM) in Tajikistan, for which the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) is the strategic…
La septième Conférence des Parties à la Convention sur les effets transfrontières des accidents industriels (Convention sur les accidents industriels) a eu lieu du 14 au 16 Novembre 2012 à Stockholm. Lors de cette réunion historique, qui marque aussi le vingtième…
The seventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (Industrial Accidents Convention) was held from 14 to 16 November 2012 in Stockholm. At this historic meeting, which also marked the twentieth anniversary of the…
Third UNECE Forum of Women Entrepreneurs calls for closing entrepreneurship gender gaps
Women in the UNECE region have the highest labour market participation in the world, but they lag behind men in setting up and running their own businesses. Gender gaps are even more pronounced in high-growth sectors and innovative-based enterprises despite women’s…
The forthcoming global opening of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) offers an opportunity to African countries to benefit from the…
La CEE-ONU adopte trois nouveaux règlements visant à renforcer la sécurité routière
Le Forum mondial de l’harmonisation des règlements concernant les véhicules (WP.29) de la CEE-ONU a adopté aujourd'hui trois nouveaux règlements qui permettront de renforcer sensiblement la sécurité routière.
Les règlements adoptés au…
UNECE adopts three new regulations to increase the safety of drivers and passengers
UNECE’s World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulation (WP.29) adopted today 3 new regulations that will significantly increase passenger safety.
The regulations, adopted during WP 29’s 158th session held in Geneva from 13-16 November…
Cyprus joins the UNECE Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) welcomes the ratification by Cyprus of the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in…
14-15 ноября 2012 г в, г. Алматы, Организация Объединенных Наций проводит конференцию на тему привлечения инвестиций в передовые технологии использования ископаемых видов топлива.
Конференция станет платформой для обмена мнениями между…
Attracting Foreign Investment in Advanced Fossil Fuel Technologies
On 14-15 November 2012 in Almaty, the United Nations is organizing a conference on attracting foreign investments in advanced fossil fuel technologies.
The conference will provide an opportunity to exchange views with the Government…
Energy industry calls for UNFC to embrace renewables
As the renewable energy industry commercializes, it is increasingly important to be able to assess and quantify renewable energy resources in a common and transparent way to secure needed investment. This was the view of a group of experts – the Renewable Reserves…
La CEE-ONU célèbre les 20 ans de sa Convention sur les accidents industriels
La septième Conférence des Parties à la Convention sur les effets transfrontières des accidents industriels (Convention sur les accidents industriels) se tiendra du 14 au 16 Novembre 2012 à Stockholm, marquant le vingtième anniversaire de la Convention.
…UNECE celebrates 20 years of its Industrial Accidents Convention
The seventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (Industrial Accidents Convention) will be held from 14 to 16 November 2012 in Stockholm, marking the Convention’s twentieth anniversary.
The seventh Conference…Progress in strengthening water resources management in Kyrgyzstan
The eighth meeting of the Steering Committee of the National Policy Dialogue on integrated water resources in management in Kyrgyzstan took place in Bishkek on 24 October 2012. It was organized by the Department of Water Management and Melioration of the Ministry of…
ПРОГРЕСС В УЛУЧШЕНИИ УПРАВЛЕНИЯ ВОДНЫМИ РЕСУРСАМИ В КЫРГЫЗСТАНЕ
24 октября 2012 года в г. Бишкеке, Кыргызстан, состоялось восьмое заседание Координационного совета Национального диалога по водной политике в сфере интегрированного управления водными ресурсами.
Координационный совет обсудил доклад…