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GenevaUNECE and the World Organization for the Scout Movement are launching the "Scouting for Global Road Safety” information campaign this week's at the 2011 World Scout Jamboree in Kristianstad, Sweden. The campaign will feature a series of workshops including interactive…
ЖеневаКак явствует из выпущенного сегодня «Ежегодного обзора рынка лесных товаров, 2010-2011 годы» ЕЭК ООН/ФАО, оживление спроса на лесные товары по всему региону ЕЭК ООН в 2010 году (+5,6 процента) после двухлетнего спада производства и потребления порождает…
GenèveSelon la revue annuelle du marché des produits forestiers de la CEE-ONU/FAO publiée aujourd'hui, le redressement de la demande en 2010 de produits forestiers dans la région CEE-ONU (+5.6%), après deux année de baisse de la production et de la consommation, permet d'avancer…
GenevaA revival in demand for forest products across the UNECE region in 2010 (+5.6%), following two years of falling production and consumption, is leading to moderate optimism that the industry may have turned a corner, according to the UNECE/FAO’s Forest Products Annual Market…
Joint Statement of the UN Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development
GenevaThe UN Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development (IANYD) issued the following joint statement on the occasion of the UN High-Level Meeting on Youth, held in UN Headquarters, New York, 25–26 July 2011. On the occasion of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Youth, we pledge to increase…
International Conference discussed eco-innovation policies and opportunities in Tel Aviv
GenevaEco-innovation can provide an effective answer to address environmental challenges and overcome resource constraints, but public interventions in this area are complex and need to guided by a consistent long-term vision that encourages the involvement of private investors. …
Effectiveness of Compliance Mechanism shown once again
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…
Landmark meeting of Aarhus Convention welcomes global accession
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…
GenèveAu sein de la région paneuropéenne, plusieurs groupes sociaux ne bénéficient pas d'un accès équitable à l'eau et à l'assainissement. Ce fut l'une des principales conclusions de «l'Atelier sur l'Accès Équitable à l'Eau et à l'Assainissement», organisé par la Commission…
GenevaThroughout the UNECE region, several groups of society do not benefit from equitable access to water and sanitation. This was one of the main conclusions of the “Workshop on Equitable Access to Water and Sanitation” organized by UNECE, in close cooperation with the…
UNECE experts to discuss policy options to raise awareness about Intellectual Property Rights
GenevaExperts from national intellectual property offices and ministries, international organizations, research institutions and the business community will meet in Geneva on 7-8 July to discuss how to raise awareness about these benefits in the UNECE region, with a special focus on…
Un colloque de la CEE-ONU sur l'accès équitable à l'eau et a l'assainissement s'ouvrira
GenèvaUn colloque sur l'accès équitable à l'eau et l'assainissement, organisé sous l'égide du gouvernement de la France avec le soutien du secrétariat de la CEE-ONU du Protocole sur l'eau et la santé et en coopération avec le mandat du Rapporteur spécial sur le droit de l’Homme à…
UNECE workshop on equitable access to water and sanitation opens
GenevaThe workshop on equitable access to water and sanitation organized under the leadership of the Government of France, with the support of the UNECE secretariat of the Protocol on Water and Health, and in cooperation with the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human right to…
UNECE launches 2nd Environmental Performance Review of Georgia
Tbilisi/GenevaThe Ministry of Environment Protection (MEP) of Georgia and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) launched the 2nd Environmental Performance Review (EPR) of Georgia on 24 June in Tbilisi. The event, which was opened by Mr George Khachidze, Minister of…
Geneva,The Parties to the Espoo Convention, meeting yesterday in Geneva, decided to caution Ukraine for its non-compliance with its obligations under the Convention with regard to the controversial Bystroe Canal Project. At the same time, the Parties to the Convention’s Protocol…
Geneva На этой неделе, в период с 27 июня по 1 июля, в Кишиневе, Республика Молдова, собрались представители 43 правительств и Европейского Союза, чтобы отметить 10-ю годовщину вступления в силу Орхусской Конвенции, самого прогрессивного основного международного инструмента в…
Parties to the Aarhus Convention celebrate its tenth anniversary
Geneva From 29 June to 1 July, 43 governments and the European Union will meet in Chisinau, Moldova, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the pioneering Aarhus Convention, the leading international instrument globally on environment and human rights. At…
Geneva,The secretariat of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe warmly welcomes the recent announcements by the Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, that the Russian government will ratify two important UNECE environmental conventions: the Convention on Environmental…
UNECE and WHO workshop promotes cycling and walking in cities
GenevaFinding sustainable and healthy ways to move about in urban areas -- such as linking attractive public transport services with cycling and walking zones -- was the topic of a workshop held at the Kiev City Hall on 8 and 9 June 2011. Growing congestion, time loss, pollution and…
Armenia adopts UNECE recommendations on ageing
GenevaUNECE today launched the report of its first ‘Road Map for Mainstreaming Ageing’, a project to help guide Armenia in devising policies relating to ageing and older people. The Government of Armenia has formally adopted the recommendations as a part of their National Strategy…