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    <description>Press releases and newsletters from UNECE's environment programme</description>
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      <title>The Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment will enter into force on 11 July 2010</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 April 2010 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.unece.org/env/eia/ratification.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment will enter into force on 11 July 2010, following its ratification by Estonia, the required 16th State Party.]]></description>
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      <title>18-19 March 2010: Steering Committee on Education for Sustainable Development</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.unece.org/env/esd/SC.Meet.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The fifth meeting of the Steering Committee on Education for Sustainable Development will be held in Geneva.]]></description>
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      <title>16-17 March 2010: Extended Bureau of Committee on Environmental Policy </title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.unece.org/env/cep/ExtBureau16-17Mar2010.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The meeting, being held in Geneva, aims to advance preparations for the Seventh Ministerial Conference Environment for Europe, to be held in Astana in September or October 2011.]]></description>
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      <title>9-13 March 2010: Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.euro.who.int/parma2010</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Conference, being held in Parma (Italy), includes a Water and Health Protocol Day on 9 March, side-events on 10 March on Protecting and improving human health through strategic environmental assessment, and on Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme (THE PEP): from a policy framework to supporting action in Member States. The main Conference runs from 10 to 12 March.]]></description>
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      <title>14-18 December 2009: Executive Body for the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.unece.org/env/lrtap/ExecutiveBody/welcome.27.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The twenty-seventh session of the Executive Body for the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution will be held from 14 to 18 December 2009 in Geneva.]]></description>
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      <title>1-2 December 2009: Fourth Regional Implementation Meeting on Sustainable Development</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 5 Oct 2009 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.unece.org/env/SustainableDevelopment/4Session/RIM_4.Dec2009.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Fourth Regional Implementation Meeting on Sustainable Development (RIM-4) will be held in Geneva. It aims at preparing the contribution from the UNECE region to the 18th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-18) which will be held on 3–14 May 2010 in New York.]]></description>
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      <title>22-23 October 2009: Steering Committee of the Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme (THE PEP)</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.thepep.org</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Steering Committee will meet 22 and 23 (a.m.) October, the Bureau on 23 (p.m.) October.]]></description>
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      <title>8 October 2009: entry into force of the PRTR Protocol - requires industry to report on pollutants</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2009 08:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.unece.org/press/pr2009/09env_p17e.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (a protocol to the Aarhus Convention) will enter into force on 8 October 2009.]]></description>
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      <title>10-12 November 2009: 5th meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2009 08:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.unece.org/env/water/welcome.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The fifth meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention will be held from 10 to 12 November 2009 in Geneva.]]></description>
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      <title>20-23 October 2009: Committee on Environmental Policy</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2009 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.unece.org/env/cep/currentSession.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The 16th session of the Committee on Environmental Policy will be held from 20 to 23 October 2009 in Geneva.]]></description>
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      <title>19 May 2009: Extended Bureau of Committee on Environmental Policy</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 6 Apr 2009 11:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.unece.org/env/cep/welcome.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Extended Bureau of Committee on Environmental Policy will meet on 19 May 2009.]]></description>
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      <title>30 March - 1 April 2009: 63rd session of Economic Commission for Europe</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.unece.org/commission/2009/63rd_index.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The High-level Segment of the Commission on 30-31 March will include discussion of the issue:  Climate change mitigation and adaptation – the work of the ECE:  translating global objectives and commitments into regional results.]]></description>
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      <title>19-20 February 2009: 4th meeting of Steering Committee on Education for Sustainable Development</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:08:50 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.unece.org/env/esd/SC.Meet.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Steering Committee’s fourth meeting will focus on consideration of the two priorities identified for the second phase of implementation of the UNECE Strategy for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), i.e. the development of National Strategies/Action Plans for ESD and of ESD competences in education sector.]]></description>
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      <title>22-23 January 2009: Third High-level Meeting on Transport, Health and Environment, Amsterdam</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:23:05 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.thepep.org/en/hlm/hl3_info.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Third High-level Meeting on Transport, Health and Environment. Making THE link. Transport choices for our health, environment, and prosperity. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 22-23 January 2009]]></description>
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      <title>27-29 January 2009: Special Session of the Committee on Environmental Policy , Geneva</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:55:25 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.unece.org/env/cep/currentSession.html</link>
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      <title>Espoo Convention Implementation Committee decides caution to Government of Ukraine not to become effective</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Nov 2008 18:30:31 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.unece.org/env/eia/implementation/implementation_committee_meetings.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Implementation Committee under the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo, 1991) decided on 30 October 2008 that the caution to the Government of Ukraine regarding the Bystroe Canal Project should not become effective.]]></description>
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      <title>Second Environmental Performance Review of Kazakhstan</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:25:38 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.unece.org/env/epr/welcome.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Just issued in English. Russian version forthcoming.]]></description>
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      <title>15-18 December 2008: Executive Body for the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:24:46 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.unece.org/env/lrtap/welcome.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Twenty-sixth session of the Executive Body for the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution will be held in Geneva, from 15 (p.m.) to 18 December 2008.]]></description>
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      <title>25-27 November 2008: Fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties  to the Industrial Accidents Convention, Geneva</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:03:39 +0200</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.unece.org/env/teia/welcome.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents will review progress achieved in implementing the Convention and will plan the work for the next biennium. Parties are expected to discuss and adopt a Strategic Approach for the Assistance Programme which should further help countries to strengthen the implementation of the Convention. Parties will also discuss the further development and operation of the Industrial Accidents Notification System, as well as the work of the Joint Expert Group on Water and Industrial Accidents.]]></description>
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      <title>Marco Keiner is the new Director of the Environment, Housing and Land Management Division of UNECE</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.unece.org/env/welcome.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mr. Keiner became Director on 4 September 2008. Previously he was Chief of the Urban Environment Section (Global Division) with UN Habitat in Nairobi. Mr. Keiner has taught environmental planning and sustainable development, and has published many articles and books on topics such as urban development, environment and sustainable development.]]></description>
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      <title>Welcome</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.unece.org/env/welcome.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Welcome to the RSS feed of the UNECE's programme on environmental policy.]]></description>
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