| 18 December |
The "E"
rail network extended to Caucasus
and Central Asia |
| 11 December |
Recommandations
de la CEE-ONU sur la scurit dans
les tunnels |
| 4 December |
Les Ministres
des Transports des pays alpins soutiennent
les recommandations de la CEE-ONU
sur la scurit dans les tunnels |
| 29
November |
The Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia back in the
TIR Customs transit system |
| 24 November |
CEI Heads of
Government recognize UNECE-CEI cooperation
as important mechanism to promote
private sector investment |
| 23
November |
The UNECE/OSCE
Colloquium: Role of the economic
dimension in conflict prevention in
Europe |
| 22
November |
Reforming energy
prices to support sustainable development
- UNECE Committee on Sustainable Energy,
21-22 November 2001 |
| 22
November |
Concern about
energy security is growing - UNECE
Committee on Sustainable Energy,
21-22 November 2001 |
| 21 November |
Energy efficiency
and energy security: UNECE project
provides a new response for the CIS
- UNECE Committee on Sustainable Energy
releases new study jointly with the
Commonwealth of Independent States |
| 16 November |
Strengthening
stability and peace through investments:
the CEI Summit Economic Forum (Trieste,
21-24 November 2001) |
| 15 November |
2002 - Transition
economies: considerable risks
due to the global downturn
UNECE releases its Economic Survey
of Europe, 2001 No. 2 |
| 15 November |
2002 - Global
economy needs a growth locomotive
UNECE releases its Economic Survey
of Europe, 2001 No. 2 |
| 6 November |
Stability Pact
gives high priority to Public-Private
Partnerships (PPPs) at UNECE session |
| 5 November |
E-Government
development in transition economies
- UNECE Workshop, Budapest, Hungary,
7-8 November 2001 |
| 1 November |
Mrs. Danuta
Hbner leaves the UN |
| 30 October |
2000 - Record
year for robot investment: increase
of 25%. First part of 2001:
continued boom in Europe but tumbling
in North America and Asia -- UNECE
issues its 2001 World Robotics
survey |
| 29 October |
Environmental
rights not a luxury - Aarhus Convention
enters into force |
| 25 October |
UNECE finalizes
recommendations to improve tunnel
safety |
| 25 October |
Digital economy
development in South-East Europe |
| 23 October |
Quality assurance
system for enhancing competitiveness
of small and medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs) |
| 19 October |
Building networks
among women entrepreneurs in the UNECE
region - UNECE Forum of Women Entrepreneurs,
Palais des Nations, Geneva, 22 October
2001 |
| 16 October |
UN creates a
sustainable environment for next generation
e-Business technology - EDIFACT Working
Group meeting (EWG), Rotterdam, Netherlands,
10-14 September 2001 |
| 12 October |
"E"
road network extended to Central Asia
and Caucasus |
| 10 October |
Accelerating
influence of globalisation on forest
products markets - Uncertainty in
short-term market outlook |
| 9 October |
UNECE Forum
of Women Entrepreneurs, Palais des
Nations, Geneva, 22 October 2001 |
| 5 October |
Towards a unified
SME-policy guideline - Eleven BSEC
Ministers adopt a Declaration on SMEs
at the Dawn of the 21st Century in
Istanbul |
| 3 October |
Myths of the
European forest |
| 3 October |
Huge resource
base waiting to be tapped in the countries
of central and eastern Europe and
the CIS |
| 3 October |
Making industry
safer to protect our water resources |
| 28 September |
United Nations
Special Programme for the Economies
of Central Asia (SPECA) - Preventing
instability before it is too late |
| 26 September |
Statistics and
geography shaping e-Government initiatives |
| 25 September |
UNECE Ministers
adopt Declaration for Johannesburg
Summit |
| 24 September |
Address by Mr.
Klaus Tpfer, Executive Director of
the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP) to the Regional Ministerial
Meeting for the World Summit on Sustainable
Development, Geneva, 24-25 September
2001 |
| 24 September |
Introductory
statement by Mr. Joseph Deiss, Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland, at
the Regional Ministerial Meeting for
the World Summit on Sustainable Development,
Geneva, 24-25 September 2001 |
| 24 September |
Opening statement
by Mrs. Danuta Hbner, United Nations
Under-Secretary-General, Executive
Secretary of the United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe (UNECE) at the
Regional Ministerial Meeting for the
World Summit on Sustainable Development,
Geneva, 24-25 September 2001 |
| 20 September |
UNECE Environment
Ministers to revitalize Rio spirit |
| 19 September |
Fighting social
exclusion in cities |
| 11 September |
New records
set in 2000 in forest products markets
in UNECE region |
| 11 September |
The UNECE Trans-European
Railway (TER) Project approved new
development strategy |
| 4 September |
A new Deputy
Executive Secretary at the United
Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| 31 August |
Nitrogen pollution
threatens Europe's forests |
| 28 August |
The UNECE Trans-European
North-South Motorway (TEM) Project
approves new strategic plan |
| 9 August |
Aarhus Convention
starts count-down to entry into force |
| 24 July |
The Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia to re-integrate
the TIR Customs transit system |
| 10 July |
UN road tunnel
experts to conclude safety work |
| 5 July |
Governments,
industry and environmental groups
debate transparency in new chemicals
law |
| 4 July |
Civil liability
- Agreement reached on new legally
binding instrument |
| 3 July |
Inequality and
education |
| 29 June |
Building digital
bridges: UN launches the United
Nations Electronic Trade Documents
(UNeDocs) Project |
| 26 June |
Small area statistics
- an indispensable tool to decision
makers at all levels |
| 26 June |
Electronic services:
Preparing the UNECE region for the
challenge of the future - UNECE Forum
"Trading into the future: e-services
for trade, investment and enterprise",
Geneva, 11-12 June 2001 |
| 26 June |
Air pollutants
make transcontinental journey |
| 22 June |
"To standardize
or not to standardize" - that
is the question! |
| 22 June |
The new economy:
does it measure up? |
| 20 June |
Liberalizing
trade through international standardization |
| 14 June |
Statistics can
contribute to stability in South-Eastern
Europe |
| 11 June |
Conference of
European Statisticians, Geneva, 11-13
June 2001 |
| 11 June |
Trading into
the future: E-services for trade,
investment and enterprise - Two-day
Forum, 11 and 12 June 2001 |
| 5 June |
Statistics for
a better agriculture |
| 31 May |
Reaching out
to the private sector in central Asia
- New UNECE "Multiplier Point"
Centre to disseminate trade, industry
and enterprise development materials
in Kyrgyzstan |
| 31 May |
Public-private
partnership pilots to be launched
- Powerful group of regional leaders
will guide a successful project implementation |
| 22 May |
UNECE/Moldova:
a strong and long-term cooperation |
| 11 May |
UNECE concludes
annual session - Adopts measures on
work of Subsidiary Bodies; transport,
environment and health; intersectoral
work; implementation of Millennium
Declaration |
| 11 May |
UNECE annual
session discusses strategic directions
for future work |
| 10 May |
UNECE annual
session discusses challenge of European
compliance with Millennium Declaration
(Pictures) |
| 10 May |
UNECE annual
session discusses upcoming Ministerial
Conference on Ageing, better linking
of environment, transport and energy
matters - German State Secretary for
Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women
and Youth delivers address (Pictures) |
| 10 May |
The Yugoslav
economy in 2001 and stability in south-east
Europe - UNECE releases its first
2001 Economic Survey of Europe |
| 10 May |
The still fragile
east European and CIS economies will
be badly hurt by a European and global
slowdown - UNECE releases its first
2001 Economic Survey of Europe |
| 10 May |
European labour
market rigidity not a constraint to
growth - UNECE releases its first
2001 Economic Survey of Europe |
| 10 May |
Slow economic
growth in the United States and weaker
prospects for Europe - UNECE releases
its first 2001 Economic Survey
of Europe |
| 8 May |
UNECE continues
review of situation in Caucasus and
Central Asia - Afternoon meeting focuses
on privatization, regulatory reform,
living standards and social policy
(Pictures) |
| 8 May |
UNECE convenes
annual session, discusses support
for business and economic growth in
Central Asia and Caucasus - Experts
lead review of problems and progress
(Pictures) |
| 7 May |
UNECE Spring
Seminar focuses on battling corruption
in transition economies - Afternoon
session on "Tackling institutional
failure" features two panel discussions
(Pictures) |
| 7 May |
UNECE convenes
Spring Seminar with discussion of
market institutions and economic performance
- Panel discussions held on public
and corporate governance and institutional
change and economic performance in
transition economies (Pictures) |
| 7 May |
Europe's options
on transport, environment and health
- "The longer we wait, the more
we will suffer the consequences"
(Pictures) |
| 4 May |
International
trading language for bovine meat products
- The UNECE announces adoption of
an international trading language
for bovine meat products |
| 3 May |
Business enterprise
and economic growth in the Central
Asian and the Caucasian countries:
creating a supportive and secure environment,
to be discussed at the fifty-sixth
annual session of the Commission,
Palais des Nations, Geneva, 8-11 May
2001 |
| 3 May |
UNECE Spring
Seminar: Corruption in development:
grease or sand? "Creating a Supportive
Environment for Business Enterprise
and Economic Growth: Institutional
Reform and Governance"
Monday, 7 May 2001 (Palais des Nations,
Room XVII) |
| 2 May |
UNECE and UNIDO
sign a Memorandum of Understanding |
| 27 April |
UNECE Advisory
Group on Intellectual Property holds
key consultative meeting with the
Russian Federation Government |
| 25 April |
UNECE and the
WCO sign a Memorandum of Understanding |
| 24 April |
Is the European
monetary policy too cautious? |
| 12 April |
Bridging the
gap between paper and electronic based
economies - UN Working Group to help
developing countries modernize trade
procedures |
| 3 April |
More than 2
trillion dollars can be saved thanks
to new UN trade instruments |
| 30 March |
The Republic of Moldova signs ADN |
| 29 March |
Joint parenthood for a standard e-commerce language |
| 21 March |
UNECE announces
new programmes on best practice in
enterprise development - Twenty-five
countries meet to adopt new programme
for industry and enterprise development |
| 20 March |
E-Transition
for All - New UNECE Initiative - Team
of Specialists on Internet Enterprise
Development |
| 16 March |
Environmental
rights Convention embraces electronic
information age |
| 13 March |
Internet, statistics
and privacy |
| 13 March |
Italy joins
the UNECE TER Project |
| 28 February |
Negotiations
on new information law on pollution
start today |
| 14 February |
More Gender
Perspective in Macroeconomic Analyses
- Memorandum of Understanding Between
UNECE and UNIFEM |
| 14 February |
"My wish
for all women: do not hide your talents,
enter the world and share your experiences
with others" - UNECE launches
its Portrait Gallery on Excellent
Women Entrepreneurs |
| 13 February |
Europe:
boom in robot orders |
| 30 January |
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