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UN SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS THREE NEW SPECIAL ENVOYS ON CLIMATE CHANGE |
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today (1 May) announced the appointment of three Special Envoys on Climate Change.
The Special Envoys are Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway and former Chair of the World Commission of Environment and Development; Han Seung-soo, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea and former President of the fifty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly; and Ricardo Lagos Escobar, former President of Chile.
The Secretary-General has repeatedly stated that climate change is a major global challenge, and he intends to take a leadership role in helping the international community address the problem. |
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European Convention on Transboundary Waters and International Lakes |
CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION AND USE OF TRANSBOUNDARY WATERCOURSES AND INTERNATIONAL LAKES
Done at Helsinki, on 17 March 1992
PREAMBLE
The Parties to this Convention,
Mindful that the protection and use of transboundary watercourses and international lakes are important and urgent tasks, the effective accomplishment of which can only be ensured by enhanced cooperation, |
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Beyond Structural Reform in the Housing Market in Iraq |
By: Gabriel Nagy
Housing Finance Expert
Amman, Jordan 22 October, 2005
As Iraq transits towards a new political regime and a new Constitution, the country’s housing policy framework needs to reflect the new ways of doing business in the country. As the policy framework governing the approach to providing shelter has evolved considerably around the world, it must also evolve in Iraq. |
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Help Fight Toxic Mercury Pollution - Send Flawed Mercury Rules Back |
(Document distributed by Environmental Defense)
What the Rules Will Do
Last March, the Bush administration finalized two rules that do too little, too late to reduce mercury pollution from power plants, the largest man-made source of mercury emissions in the U.S.
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Information distributed by Ms. Jane Nyakairu, World Habitat Day Coordinator, UN-HABITAT
I am pleased to inform you that this year's World Habitat Day celebrations will take place on Monday, 3 October. Since 1985, World Habitat Day has been celebrated on the first Monday in October each year to reflect on the state of human settlements and the basic right to adequate shelter for all.
It is also intended to alert the world on its collective responsibility for the future of the human habitat. The global observance will be spearheaded
from Indonesia where UN-HABITAT will launch an integrated slum upgrading and tsunami disaster mitigation programme. |
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