| 23
December |
Protocol
on Heavy Metals enters into force
and new work on persistent organic
pollutants agreed |
| 17
December |
Discover
the UN and have fun! A
CD-ROM for youngsters from 6 to 96
years |
| 16
December |
UN
Commissions promote the regional
dimension of the Information Society |
| 16
December |
Winners
of International Photo Contest «Water
is Life» announced |
| 5
December |
The
short-term economic outlook for Western
Europe, North America, Eastern Europe
and CIS - UNECE
releases the Economic Survey of
Europe, 2003 No. 2 |
| 2
December |
The
UNECE Water Convention: exporting
experience in water cooperation
to the world |
| 2
December |
Knowing
what is happening with our environment
to better protect it: UNECE helps
Armenia to publish its long-awaited
State-of-the-Environment Report |
| 2
December |
The
challenges of a new tenure structure:
UNECE assesses Armenia's housing
sector |
| 26
November |
UNECE
and ILO to address hardships of
laid off industrial workers in European
transition economies |
| 18
November |
Facilitating
trade in a secure environment -
UNECE encourages organizations and
governments to work together for
secure trade to avoid the risk of
new Technical Barriers to Trade |
| 14
November |
Women
Entrepreneurs in a Wider Europe
- Round Table sessions at the 6th
Central European Initiative (CEI)
Summit Economic Forum, Warsaw, Poland,
21 November 2003 |
| 14
November |
UNECE
TER Project Seminar on railway infrastructure
and track maintenance |
| 14
November |
The
General Directors of Railways from
Central, Eastern and South-Eastern
Europe meet in Lucerne |
| 7
November |
Energy
security risks and global financial
markets appraised by OPEC and major
energy and financial companies from
EU, Russia and USA - UNECE Committee
on Sustainable Energy is launching
Energy Security Forum, Salle du
Conseil, Palais des Nations, Geneva,
10:00 a.m., 20 November 2003 |
| 7
November |
UNECE
Forum supports property rights for
the poor |
| 31
October |
Looking
beyond EU enlargement - Workshop
on "EU Enlargement: Regulatory
Convergence in Non-acceding Countries",
Athens, 7-8 November 2003 |
| 31
October |
UNECE
Aarhus Convention takes hold in
the European Union |
| 21
October |
23 October
2003 - Entry into force of the Protocol
to control persistent organics |
| 17
October |
Is
recovery around the corner? Robot
orders in first half of 2003 were
up by 26% to the highest level ever
recorded. Worldwide growth in the
period 2003-2006 forecast at an average
annual rate of 7.4%. Household robots
are starting to take off. UNECE issues
its 2003 World Robotics
survey |
| 17
October |
Robot
investment in France fell by 14% in
2002 but the robot stock grew by 7% |
| 17
October |
There
is still steam in the German locomotive:
its industry is consolidating its
position as the world's second largest
user and producer of industrial robots
- Growth projected to be at least
4% per year in 2003-2006 |
| 17
October |
Italy
is Europe's second and the world's
fourth largest user of industrial
robots - Robot investment is projected
to grow at an annual rate of 5% in
2003-2006 |
| 17
October |
In
2002, the robot stock in Spain grew
by 12% - the Spanish motor vehicle
industry is more robotized than that
of France |
| 17
October |
In
2002, robot investment in the United
Kingdom plummeted by 61% - Robot use
in the United Kingdom lagging far
behind the rest of Europe |
| 17
October |
Strong
recovery of robot investment is projected
in the United States for 2003 |
| 14
October |
Recovery
of forest products markets in the
UNECE region in 2003 amid concerns
for overcapacity in short term - Traditional
forest products markets are increasingly
influenced by new wood energy policies
in the UNECE region |
| 14
October |
Illegal
logging and wood energy: UNECE Timber
Committee discusses policy issues
of the day |
| 7
October |
Protocol
to control heavy metals to enter into
force |
| 19
September |
CIS
Forum on Youth "Youth of the
XXI Century: Realities and Perspectives"
(Kiev, Ukraine, 24-26 September
2003) |
| 17
September |
A
Teen Guide to the Internet
|
| 17
September |
UNECE-WYB
joint mission to Belarus to assist
in development of youth entrepreneurship |
| 9
September |
Recovery
of forest products markets in the
UNECE region
|
| 9
September |
Agribusiness
enterprise development - International
Workshop in Tel Aviv, 9-16 September
2003
|
| 5
September |
Forest
fires: a complex issue necessitating
international cooperation
|
| 2
September |
Air
pollution cuts help forests recover |
| 2
September |
Central
Eastern European countries stress
the need for modern rolling stock
in their railways |
| 26
August |
UN/CEFACT
announces release of Core Components
Technical Specifications |
| 26
August |
UN/CEFACT
announces forthcoming visit to Asia
e-Business community |
| 21
August |
UN/CEFACT
announces successful completion
of ebXML technical standards work
programme with OASIS; UN/CEFACT
continues development of technology-
and implementation-neutral
e-business standards |
| 5
August |
Protocol
to control persistent organics to
enter into force |
| 18
July |
Statement
by Mrs. Brigita Schmögnerová,
Executive Secretary at the Economic
and Social Council at its 2003 Substantive
Session (Geneva, 18 July 2003)
(Regional cooperation: development
dimensions of trade negotiations
- a UNECE perspective) |
| 18
July |
Central
Eastern European countries debate
on the development of the Freight
Villages concept during a Seminar
in Verona |
| 18
July |
Central
and Eastern European Countries decide
to develop further their UNECE Trans-European
Railway (TER) Project Database |
| 3
July |
Second
Annual Forum on Online Dispute Resolution
(ODR) (Geneva, 30 June-1 July 2003)
|
| 17
June |
Seeing
the Whole 'Elephant' - Globalisation
and measuring economic activities
of multinationals |
| 13
June |
Statistical
confidentiality: how to avoid the
"big brother" effect of statistics
while meeting governments' and researchers'
needs for detailed data? |
| 13
June |
Bridging
the gender gap in entrepreneurship
in Eastern Europe and CIS |
| 4
June |
Public
must call political leaders to account
as world marks Environment Day on
5th June - Statement on World Environment
Day by Mr. Kaj Bärlund, Director
of the Environment and Human Settlements
Division of the United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe (UNECE) |
| 30
May |
UN
Economic Commission for Europe and
UN Office in Uzbekistan announce international
photo contest "Water is life" |
| 28
May |
CIS
countries to adopt UNECE legal instruments
to boost regional trade |
| 23
May |
More
Signatories to the new UNECE Protocols
as Fifth Ministerial Conference "Environment
for Europe" wraps up in Kiev |
| 22
May |
Environment,
water and security in Central Asia |
| 21
May |
34
countries sign new Protocol on Pollutant
Release and Transfer Registers |
| 21
May |
22
countries sign new Protocol on Civil
Liability |
| 21
May |
33
countries sign new Protocol on Strategic
Environmental Assessment
|
| 21
May |
New
United Nations treaty on pollution
information disclosure to be adopted
and signed today |
| 21
May |
Message
of the Secretary-General to the Fifth
Ministerial Conference "Environment
for Europe" delivered by Ms.
Brigita Schmögnerová,
Executive Secretary, United Nations
Economic Commission for Europe ( Kyiv,
Ukraine, 21-23 May 2003) |
| 21
May |
Statement
by the Executive Secretary of the
United Nations Economic Commission
for Europe, Ms. Brigita Schmögnerová,
to the Fifth Ministerial Conference
"Environment for Europe"
(Kyiv,
Ukraine, 21-23 May 2003) |
| 21
May |
Environmental
policy in transition: lessons learned
from ten years of UNECE environmental
performance reviews - Statement by
Ms. Brigita Schmögnerová,
UNECE Executive Secretary, to the
Fifth Ministerial Conference "Environment
for Europe" (Kyiv,
Ukraine, 21-23 May 2003) |
| 21
May |
Home
for the poor without ghettos |
| 16
May |
How
can trade facilitation be enhanced
in a new security environment? Solution
may lie in adopting collaborative
approach |
| 16
May |
Environmental
Performance Reviews - 17 countries
on one CD-ROM |
| 16
May |
Putting
social housing high on the political
agenda |
| 13
May |
UN
Forum this week to focus on distribution
of benefits of trade facilitation
and effect of new security initiatives
on trade |
| 13
May |
UNECE
and SITPRO to develop toolkit of
electronic trade documents for world
trade community |
| 13
May |
Fourth
UNECE Road Safety Week - 5-11 April
2004 |
| 12
May |
"Environment
for Europe" - Counting down to the
Fifth Ministerial Conference (Kyiv,
Ukraine, 21-23 May 2003) |
| 12
May |
UNECE
"Trade Week" - 12-16 May 2003 |
| 24
April |
UNECE
knowledge economy assessment and benchmarking
indicators |
| 15
April |
EU
enlargement - What can the "new
neighbours" expect? |
| 15
April |
UNECE
promotes policies conducive to industrial
restructuring |
| 15
April |
Innovation
called to assist structural change
in transition economies |
| 1
April |
EU
enlargement: towards increased prosperity
and security - Workshop
on "Trade, Business and Investment
in a Wider Europe", Palais des Nations
(Conference Room XX), Geneva, 7 April
2003, 10:00 - 18:00 |
| 1
April |
Interested
in trading with one of the 55 UNECE
member countries? UNECE’s new
Directory contains all the key contacts
|
| 21
March |
Award
Winners announced - 2002 UNECE Excellent
Women Entrepreneurs |
| 20
March |
Public
to play a role in enforcing international
law |
| 17
March |
Expert
Meeting on how to Become a Supplier
of Large Enterprises and Transnational
Corporations, Palais des Nations,
Geneva, 20-21 March 2003 |
| 14
March |
Financing
and ICT technologies for Women Entrepreneurs
- Second UNECE Forum of Women Entrepreneurs,
Palais des Nations, Geneva, 17-18
March 2003 |
| 14
March |
UNECE
Awards for Excellent Women Entrepreneurs
of 2002, Palais des Nations, Geneva,
Tuesday, 18 March 2003, 4.30 p.m. |
| 14
March |
Forum
on Best Practice in the Development
of Entrepreneurship in Countries in
Transition:
The Croatian and Slovenian Experience,
Palais des Nations, Geneva, Wednesday,
19 March 2003, 10 a.m. |
| 14
March |
The
Trading Partner Agreement - An
industry framework to align legal
and contractual practices in e-business |
| 14
March |
The
European Association of Companies
with Concessions for Motorway, Bridge
and Tunnel Tolls (ASECAP) and the
UNECE Trans-European North-South Motorway
(TEM) Project agree to cooperate more
closely |
| 7
March |
UNECE
wraps up its fifty-eighth session |
| 5
March |
"Sustainable
development in the ECE Region"
debated at the UNECE Spring Seminar,
Palais des Nations, Geneva, 3 March
2003 |
| 28
February |
Eastern
Europe and the CIS are set to preserve
their growth momentum in 2003 but
risks are on the rise - UNECE releases
its Economic Survey of Europe,
2003 No.1 |
| 28
February |
The
economic outlook for the UNECE region
in 2003: clouded by downside risks
- UNECE releases its Economic
Survey of Europe, 2003 No.1 |
| 28
February |
Achieving
a sustained economic recovery - UNECE
releases its Economic Survey of
Europe, 2003 No.1 |
| 28
February |
Agreement
reached on civil liability for damage
caused by industrial accidents on
transboundary waters |
| 25
February |
Nobel
Prize Laureate Douglass C. North to
give Gunnar Myrdal Lecture on the
occasion of the 58th session of the
Economic Commission for Europe - to
speak on "The role of institutions
in economic development" |
| 25
February |
Sustainable
development in the UNECE region
to be discussed at the fifty-eighth
annual session of the Commission,
Geneva, 4-6 March 2003 (Palais des
Nations, Room XX) |
| 25
February |
UNECE
Spring Seminar "Sustainable
Development in the UNECE Region",
Geneva, 3 March 2003, 10 a.m. (Palais
des Nations, Room XX) |
| 21
February |
Interregional
Seminar "Capacity-Building in Trade
Facilitation and Electronic Business
in the Mediterranean" (E-Med Business),
Geneva, 29-31 January 2003 |
| 7
February |
The
International Road Transport Union
(IRU) and the UNECE Trans-European
North-South Motorway (TEM) Project
agree to cooperate more closely |
| 7
February |
New
UNECE treaty to make the environment
part of strategic decision-making |
| 31
January |
Governments
reach agreement on new United Nations
treaty on pollution information disclosure |
| 31
January |
Air
pollution and climate change - tackling
both problems in tandem |
| 17
January |
A
common European Economic Space and
new challenges for the energy sector
- UNECE Working Party on Gas takes
a look at the Common European Economic
Space and its significance for the
energy sector (Room VII, Palais des
Nations, Geneva, 10:30 a.m., 21 January
2003) |
| 7
January |
Revision
of the UNECE Trans-European North-South
Motorway (TEM) Project Standards and
Recommended Practice |
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