Agreement on organization and holding of the Sixth session of Meeting of the Parties to the Espoo Convention signed February 12 in Geneva
On February
12, 2014, in Geneva, the Swiss Confederation, on an invitation of Executive
Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Sven Alkalaj, the Minister of Environment and Nature Resources
of Ukraine Oleh Proskuryakov
and Mr. S. Alkalaj signed the Agreement between the
Government of Ukraine and the UNECE about organization and holding of the Sixth
session of Meeting of Parties to the Espoo Convention on assess of the
environmental impact across boundaries and the Second Meeting of the Parties to
the Convention that will act as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on
Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Convention on Environmental Impact
Assessment in a Transboundary Context, as well as
preparatory meetings on June 1-5, 2014.
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The
Meeting of the Parties is not just the ceremony, but gathering which results
into elaboration of a coordinated political will of the leading world
countries with directing efforts to preserving the surrounding environment. During the meeting the high representatives
discussed issues joined with preparing to holding of the significant event
for the country and the whole UNECE region. It should
be noted, on February 10, 2014, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved
an order On signing the Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the
UNECE about organization and holding of the Sixth Meeting of Parties to the
Espoo Convention on the environmental assessment in a transboundary
context. |