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AARHUS CONVENTION

Convention on Access to Information,
Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice
in Environmental Matters

Documents
Highlights
Interventions
Introduction
Photos
Programme
Side event s

Second Meeting of the Parties
25-27 May 2005, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Interventions

Opening and closing statements by Ms. Aitkul Samakova, Minister for Environment, Kazakhstan

Panel I. Successes, failures and lessons learned: key challenges in implementing the Convention
Mr. Pieter van Geel, State Secretary, Netherlands (on behalf of EU)	eng
Mr. Constantin Mihailescu, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, Republic of Moldova	eng rus
Mr. Raimonds Vejonis, Minister for Environment, Latvia	eng
Mr. John Hontelez, Secretary-General, European Environmental Bureau (on behalf of European ECO Forum)	eng
Lord Justice Carnwath, Secretary-General, European Union Forum of Judges for the Environment	eng
Ms. Magda Toth Nagy, Head of Public Participation Programme, REC for CEE	eng ppt
Ms. Rebecca Harms (Germany), Member of European Parliament	eng

Panel II. Global and regional developments on issues related to principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
Mr. Grant Lawrence, Director, Directorate-General for the Environment, European Commission	eng
Mr. Victor Ricco, Centre for Human Rights and Environment (CEDHA), Argentina	eng
Mr. Roberto Lamponi, Director for Legal Cooperation, Council of Europe	eng
Mr. John Carstensen, Senior Legal Officer, UNEP/Regional Office for Europe	eng
Mr. Arab Hoballah, Deputy Coordinator, Mediterranean Commission for Sustainable Development, UNEP/MAP	eng
Ms. Elena Petkova, Access Initiative/Partnership for Principle 10	eng ppt

Other Interventions

Armenia	rus
Denmark	eng
Estonia	eng
Kazakhstan	rus
the Netherlands	eng
Poland	eng
Chairman of the Compliance Committee of the Aarhus Convention	eng
Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the illicit movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights	eng
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)	eng
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)	eng
BlueLink Information Network, Bulgaria/ European ECO-Forum	eng
Women in Europe for a Common Future/ European ECO-Forum	eng