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Geneva Over the last ten years, China has moved from being a modest player in the world’s forest products markets, to becoming one of the leading exporters of manufactured forest products and a major trading partner of both Europe and North America. This is one of the main findings of…
La Chine devient un acteur global sur le marché des produits forestiers
Au cours des dix dernières années, la Chine a cessé d'être un acteur mineur sur les marchés mondiaux des produits forestiers, pour devenir l'un des principaux exportateurs de produits forestiers manufacturés et un partenaire commercial majeur de l'Europe et de l’Amérique du Nord. C'est l'…
UNECE held Town Hall meeting to highlight priorities for 2010
Geneva Ján Kubiš, UNECE Executive Secretary, held a Town Hall meeting on Friday 15 January to outline priorities for 2010.The meeting started with a minute of silence in memory of the UN colleagues who lost their live or are reported missing following the earthquake that devastated Haiti.…
Improved regulations on persistent organic pollutants in the UNECE region
Geneva On 18 December 2009, the Parties to the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) to the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution further stepped up their efforts to regulate or get rid of POPs in the region by broadening the Protocol’s scope to include seven…
La CEE-ONU renforce la protection contre les polluants organiques persistants dans l’hémisphère nord
Geneve Le 18 Décembre 2009, en incluant sept nouvelles substances dans la liste des produits soumis à restrictions, les Parties au Protocole sur les polluants organiques persistants (POPs) à la Convention de la CEE-ONU sur la pollution atmosphérique transfrontière à longue distance…