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Outcome of the 27th meeting of the AARHUS Convention’s COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE

Geneva The twenty-seventh meeting of the Compliance Committee of the UNECE Aarhus Convention took place in Geneva from 16 to 19 March 2010. The main outcomes of the meeting were as follows:The Committee discussed the substance of communications concerning:a) Armenia, in connection with…

Ageing in Moldova: The Road Ahead
UNECE advises Republic of Moldova on policy-development in response to ageing

Geneva The UNECE Population Unit is preparing a Road Map on Mainstreaming Ageing for the Republic of Moldova. Based on an in-depth appraisal of the situation in the country, recommendations will be prepared on how to implement internationally agreed policy standards, as set out in the…

UNECE will host seminar on "Promoting Innovation in the Services Sector"
Geneva, 25 March 2010

Geneva The development of services is a major source of productivity growth in modern economies, as it provides critical inputs for other activities and makes possible new forms of activities and business models.Despite the increasing importance of services, the promotion of innovation in…

Regional Consultation on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Geneva UNECE is organizing a regional consultation on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on 17 March 2010 at Palais des Nations (Salle VIII). Achieving the MDGs is still a challenge for many countries of the UNECE region, which gathers a large group of advanced economies, but also a…

Atelier sur les mesures commerciales émergentes et le marché du bois

Au cours des dernières décennies, le bois a connu une mondialisation de ses échanges, marqués par une croissance rapide des flux commerciaux, en particulier sous forme de produits transformés. Dans ce contexte, certains pensent que malgré les efforts entrepris pour minimiser les obstacles…

Workshop on Emerging Trade Measures in Timber Markets

Geneva Over the last decades, timber has emerged as a globally traded commodity, with trade flows, especially of processed timber goods, growing rapidly. In this context, some stakeholders believe that despite attempts to minimize obstacles to the free flow of timber products, emerging…

UNECE launches data collection on pan-European forests

Geneva The UNECE/FAO Timber Section has just launched its periodical enquiry on the state of forests and forest management in Europe. National correspondents from 46 countries in the pan-European region were invited to provide information on the status and changes of forests, their…

Azerbaijan hosts UNECE workshop on transparent and efficient land management

GenevaTransparent and efficient land management is a pre-requisite for the correct functioning of land and real estate markets, both of which play a fundamental role in guaranteeing a country’s prosperity and sustainable development. Transparent institutions can reduce the costs of…

UNECE announces the introduction in 41 countries of type approval for electric and hybrid vehicles’ electric safety requirements

Geneva The World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations, adopted today, at its March 2010 session, a new version of UNECE Regulation No. 100 which introduces type approval requirements for all types of electric and hybrid vehicles’ electric safety requirements . Type approval refers to…

UNECE to take part in the Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, 10-12 March, Parma

Geneva Ján Kubiš, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), will take part in the Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health to be held on 10-12 March 2010 in Parma (Italy). Some 800 participants, including high-level government officials,…

UN General Assembly recognises key role of Regional Commissions in the Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011-2020)

Geneva On 2 March 2010, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted a historical resolution aimed at strengthening action of the international community to reduce deaths and injuries from road traffic crashes worldwide over the next ten years.In the resolution, tabled by the…

Transport Challenges in 2010

Geneva While we wait for the miracle that will solve the transport sector’s carbon footprint, transport experts agree that by implementing a combination of existing measures real progress can be made in the fight against global warming.During the annual session of the United Nations Economic…

Can inland water transport play a larger role in global supply chains?

Geneva Inland water transport is an environmentally friendly, reliable and cost-efficient mode of transport, and yet only seven per cent of goods is transported on inland waterways in the European Union (road carries 79% while rail carries 15%). Half of Europe’s population live close to the…

UNECE calls for renewed efforts to increase inland transport security

Geneva Full-body scanners are the latest security gadgets at airports and millions of containers may soon need to be scanned before they are boarded on ships. But what is currently being done to secure transport on roads, rail and inland waterways? How will the responsibilities for securing…

По случаю 10той годовщины Байя Маре ЕЭК ООН призывает к постоянным усилиям для предупреждения промышленных аварий

Женева В 10 часов 30 января 2000 года в городе Байя Маре на севере Румынии прорыв плотины хранилища жидких отходов вызвал выброс более 100 000 кубических метров (эквивалент 40 олимпийских бассейнов) вод загрязненных цианидом и тяжелыми металлами в реки Сасар, Лапус, Сомес и Тижу. Через две…

À l’occasion du 10e anniversaire de Baia Mare, la CEE-ONU appelle à poursuivre les efforts pour prévenir les accidents industriels

Genève À 22 heures, le 30 janvier 2000, dans la ville roumaine de Baia Mare, la paroi d'un barrage cédait à proximité d'un centre de récupération de déchets de mine. Il en résultait un déversement de 100 000 mètres cubes (l’équivalent de 40 piscines olympiques) d’eaux usées…

On the 10th Anniversary of Baia Mare, UNECE calls for continued efforts to prevent industrial accidents

Geneva At 10 p.m., on 30 January 2000, in the northern Romanian town of Baia Mare, a mine tailings dam burst releasing over 100,000 cubic metres (the equivalent of 40 Olympic sized swimming pools) of cyanide and heavy metal contaminated water into the Sasar, Lapus, Somes and Tisza rivers…

Ukraine accedes to Agreement on the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways

Geneva On 28 January 2010 Ukraine acceded to the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN), bringing the number of Contracting Parties to thirteen.In a ceremony at the Palais des Nations, Deputy Minister and Head of the State…

UNECE and UN-HABITAT delivering as one in the Commonwealth of Independent States
St. Petersburg, 27 January 2010

Geneva In countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), affordable housing has yet to become a reality. The region lacks a social rental housing market and its multifamily housing stock needs urgent restructuring. There is the additional problem of buildings that have become…

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'…