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EXPERTS EXAMINE
AVIAN FLU’S IMPACT
ON ENVIRONMENT,
BIRDS
10-11 April 2006 |
Nairobi, Kenya
A scientific seminar
on avian influenza,
the environment and
migratory birds has
reviewed the latest
studies on the
evolution and spread
of Highly Pathogenic
Avian Influenza (HPAI),
subtype H5N1, and
its impact on wild
birds and the wider
environment. Experts
focused on assessing
risks of
transmission and
developing
recommendations for
policy makers and
other stakeholders
on the most
appropriate actions
and responses.
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PREPARATORY MEETING
FOR 2006 ECOSOC
HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
HELD
4-5 April 2006 | UN
headquarters, New
York
The preparatory
meeting for the 2006
High-level Segment
of the UN Economic
and Social Council (ECOSOC)
has convened at UN
headquarters. The
meeting focused on
the High-level
Segment’s theme of
“Creating an
environment at the
national and
international levels
conducive to
generating full and
productive
employment and
decent work for all,
and its impact on
sustainable
development.”
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BASEL CONVENTION
GROUP DISCUSSES
FINANCING, SHIP
DISMANTLING
3-7 April 2006 |
Geneva, Switzerland
The Basel
Convention’s
Open-Ended Working
Group has concluded
its fifth session
after focusing on
financing,
synergies, and ship
dismantling. The
Working Group was
following up on
decisions from the
seventh meeting of
the Conference of
the Parties (COP7)
and preparing for
COP8, which will
take place from 27
November to
1
December 2006.
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CBD COP-8 FOCUSES ON
PROCESS, FEW SUBSTANTIVE STEPS TAKEN
20-31 March 2006 | Curitiba, Brazil
Attracting the
largest number of participants in the Convention’s history,
record stakeholder involvement and an unprecedented series of
side events, the eighth Conference of the Parties to the
Convention on Biological Diversity has concluded its work,
although with few substantive results.
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COP-8
President
Marina
Silva
gavels
the
meeting
to a
close |
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