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BY KEITH NUTHALL
GEORGE W Bush may mot have an awful lot of time for either the United Nations or international law – especially as far as global warming is concerned – but in Europe, at least, its reach is growing wider.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation (ILO) has released a detailed report warning that the globalisation of the world’s utilities is leading to job losses in the energy and water sectors, with only the roll-out of new infrastructure and services in developing countries likely to generate employment.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has said it wants to launch quickly into an analysis of sites in Iraq targeted with weapons containing depleted uranium (DU), now that the US-UK led invasion appears to be winding up.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
RUSSIA has unambiguously staked its claim to territorial rights to wide swathes of the Arctic Ocean between its northern coast and the North Pole, waters that are currently frozen for most of the year, but which may become more navigable thanks to global warming.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A SERIES of papers about boosting safety in aerodromes have been released by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). They were first published at a joint ICAO-Airports Council International workshop on the certification of aerodromes, held at Dubai, United Arab Emirates.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has released detailed information about pharmaceutical industry mutual recognition agreements struck between the European Union and the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. These trade-enabling regulations are available at http://pharmacos.eudra.org/F2/mra/doc/mraeccan.pdf;

http://pharmacos.eudra.org/F2/mra/doc/mraecus.pdf;

http://pharmacos.eudra.org/F2/mra/doc/mraeccau.pdf; and

http://pharmacos.eudra.org/F2/mra/doc/mraecnz.pdf…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States, with Argentina, Canada and Egypt have decided to challenge at the WTO the EU’s five-year de facto moratorium on imports of biotech foods and crops. EU trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy said Brussels would fight the case, maintaining that “the EU’s regulatory system for GMO’s authorisation is in line with WTO rules.”…

BY PHILIP FINE

THE UNITED States senate is examining a new air cargo bill that would impact upon British security companies and professionals working in the shipping and airline industries. The senate’s committee on commerce, science, and transportation has approved and moved an Air Cargo Security Act aimed to strengthen security on flights into the US, notably on the busy trans-Atlantic run.…

BY PHILIP FINE

UNITED States national and regional administrations need to better link their federal and state food safety rules, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences. In their report called Scientific Criteria to Ensure Safe Food, the official Washington think tank recommends that a national plan be drawn up that would integrate the information on pathogens that US Department of Agriculture and the national Food and Drug Administration gather through food sampling with public health agencies’ surveillance data on food-borne disease.…

BY PHILIP FINE

THE UNITED States needs to better link its federal and state food safety rules, says a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Washington’s official think-tank. It also recommends integrating information on pathogens that US Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration gather through food sampling, with public health agencies’ surveillance data on food-borne diseases.…