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

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

Main page of the Second Meeting of the Parties


High-level segment

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

  • Panel I and II
  • Other Interventions
 
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
ENG

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
ENG

In the table above, links to documents appear using the following abbreviations and icons:

File formats: Word DOC = MS Word file; PPT file = MS PowerPoint presentation file
Languages: ENG – English; FRE – French; RUS – Russian
Documents available for downloading are indicated in blue typeface: ENG FRE RUS.

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

In the table above, links to documents appear using the following abbreviations and icons:

File formats: Word DOC = MS Word file
Languages: ENG – English; FRE – French; RUS – Russian
Documents available for downloading are indicated in blue typeface: ENG FRE RUS.