UNECE PUSHES TRANSBOUNDARY WATER QUALITY CONVENTION
January 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE UNITED Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) is pushing signatories to its new Protocol on Water and Health to its Convention on Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes to agree detailed targets on improving European water quality. Having held a first meeting of signatories in Geneva late last month (Jan), the UNECE is developing policy goals guaranteeing water cleanliness for rivers, lakes and groundwater crossing national borders, including effective surveillance systems and mutually acceptable ...
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