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Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage Caused by the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents on Transboundary Waters


"By establishing a civil liability regime for industrial accidents that cause transboundary pollution, this instrument will fill one of the major gaps in international environmental legislation.  It will also have the potential to prevent accidents from happening in the first place" (press-release) 

Mr. Kaj  Barlund
Director of the UNECE Environment and Human Settlement Division

Mr. Kaj Barlund
Director
Environment and Human
Settlements Division
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
8-14, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Tel.: +41 22 917 23 70
Fax: +41 22 907 01 07
E-mail : kaj.barlund@unece.org

Ms. Francesca Bernardini
Secretary to the UNECE Water Convention
Environmental Affairs Officer
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
8-14, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Tel.: +41 22 917 2463 (direct)
Fax: +41 22 907 0107
e-mail: francesca.bernardini@unece.org


Mr. Sergiusz Ludwiczak
Secretary to the Industrial Accidents Convention
Environmental Affairs Officer
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
8-14, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 917 73174 (direct)
Tel: +41 22 917 1499 (secretary)
Fax: +41 22 907 0107,
e-mail: sergiusz.ludwiczak@unece.org