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L'accès équitable à l'eau et l'assainissement est encore loin d'être assuré dans la région de la CEE-ONU, tant à l'est qu'à l'ouest

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

Parties to UNECE Espoo Convention issue caution to Ukraine, recognize planning tool for greening the economy and examine nuclear energy projects

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…

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…

10 лет Орхусской Конвенции

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…

UNECE welcomes the Russian Federation's intention to ratify the Aarhus and Espoo environmental conventions

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…

3rd UNECE Public-Private Roundtable on Green Economy

Geneva UNECE, the London Business School and Carbon Club will co-host the 3rd edition of the UNECE Public-Private Roundtable on Green Economy on the theme “Carbon mechanisms and innovative financing for green infrastructure” on 16 June, 18h45 – 20h15  at the London…

Parties to Espoo Convention take stock of 20 years of transboundary environmental impact assessment in UNECE region

Geneva Parties to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context — adopted and signed 20 years ago in the Finnish city of Espoo — will celebrate the Convention’s twentieth anniversary with two special events at the upcoming fifth session: a seminar…

UNECE discusses the role of environmental conventions in Turkmenistan

Geneva A two-day workshop to enhance understanding of opportunities and procedures related to the Espoo and Industrial Accidents Conventions took place on 5 and 6 June in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The meeting, jointly organized by UNECE and the Ministry of Nature Protection of…

ЕЭК ООН обсуждает роль природоохранных конвенций в Туркменистане

Geneva5-6 июня в Туркменистане состоялся двухдневный рабочий семинар о процедурах Конвенции Эспо и Конвенции о промышленных авариях, а также возможностях, которые эти конвенции открывают для Туркменистана. На совещании, организованном совместно ЕЭК ООН и Министерством охраны…

Russia’s nuclear power company agrees to consult with neighbours on environmental impacts within framework of UNECE’s Espoo Convention

GenevaOn Friday 27 May, in a meeting organized in Geneva, the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom, declared its readiness to notify and consult neighbouring States about its nuclear power plans within the framework of the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a…

Final preparatory steps taken towards the Astana 2011 “Environment for Europe” conference

GenevaThe Committee on Environmental Policy of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) concluded on 27 May 2011 its special session devoted to the final preparatory activities for the Seventh Ministerial Conference to be held in Astana, Kazakhstan, from 21 to…

Берегите воду, помогайте «зеленому» росту! Последние шаги по подготовке к Конференции министров «Окружающая среда для Европы

Geneva 27 мая 2011 в Женеве завершилась специальная сессия Комитета по экологической политике ЕЭК ООН, посвященная  последним этапам подготовки к 7-й Конференции министров, которая пройдет в Астане, Казахстан с 21 по 23 сентября 2011 г. Комитет одобрил проект декларации министров,…

UNECE presence at 2011 International Transport Forum

Geneva Transport Ministers from the 52 member countries of the International Transport Forum and business leaders, mayors of major cities, top researchers and representatives of non-governmental organisations gathered in Leipzig from 25-27 May for a three day summit on the…

UNECE and OECD support water sector reform in Kyrgyzstan

GenevaThe fourth Steering Committee meeting of the European Union (EU) Water Initiative National Policy Dialogue (NPD) on integrated water resource management (IWRM) in Kyrgyzstan took place on 18 May in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The meeting was organized by the State Committee on Water…