(a) Environmental action plan.

Implementation action of the Global Environmental

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Multilateral action for dealing with global environmental change

(h) To encourage States to develop national environmental action plans or strategies, pursuant to international environmental agreements.

In relation to environmental protection, Azerbaijan has ratified 18 international environmental treaties and has taken concerted action aimed at solving the country's environmental problems.

Awareness can be the most significant factor in motivating environmental action.

UNEP focuses on advancing environmental literacy and action among women to facilitate women apos s participation in environmental management.

Barrios worked for CALAS, an organization for legal, environmental and social action.

In translating the spirit of Rio de Janeiro into action, the Gambia has already launched its Environmental Action Plan in order to address the serious environmental problems facing the country.

The Global Environmental Monitoring System (GEMS) set up a regional environmental information network to promote the exchange of environmental information in support of strategies for collective preventive or remedial action on environmental issues.

Subprogramme 12. Support to and cooperation for environmental action (including global regional cooperation)

56. Regional cooperation was an essential element for the implementation of environmental action.

42. The initial work has two main focuses environmental and resource management local and regional sustainability, and global environmental change and multilateral action.

Recently, the Government had established a National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) with a view to integrating environmental concerns into its national development plans.

In regard to environmental sustainability, empty promises had to be replaced by decisive action.

Noted with appreciation progress made in the implementation of the environmental plan of action

Implementation of a subregional plan of action for environmental health and sustainable tourism development.

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Among them are subnational environmental profiles, national conservation strategies, national environmental action plans, and national reports in the context of UNCED and its follow up.

As a reflection of our commitment, we have formulated a National Environmental Action Plan aimed at integrating environmental concerns into our socio economic development plans.

(a) Assist Governments in ensuring that national programmes of action contain primary environmental care (PEC) elements

(b) In operative paragraph 2, the words quot where such action programmes exist quot were replaced by the words quot where action programmes exist, such as national environmental action plans, quot .

Not taking action now will aggravate environmental impacts and will make the socio economic costs even higher.

Environmental and social non governmental organizations were actively involved in implementing some of these proposals for action.

75. The Organization of American States (OAS) adopted the Inter American Program of Action for Environmental Protection.

Participation in the preparation of a draft paper on initiatives for regional action on Caribbean environmental issues.

The Programme of Action acknowledges that the small island developing States face peculiar environmental and development challenges.

In the European Union, the very first Environmental Action Programmed was adopted by national government representatives in July 1973 during the first meeting of the Council of Environmental Ministers.

24. Work during the biennium has concentrated primarily on two main areas (a) environmental and resource management local and regional sustainability and (b) global environmental change and multilateral action.

Environmental concerns needed to be better integrated into policy making and strategies for security, development and humanitarian action.

As a follow up, Uganda has drawn up a National Environment Action Plan to address our environmental problems.

48. The United Nation Secretariat has launched a number of activities in the area of environmental management planning and assistance to Governments in formulating environmental action plans like Agenda 21.

13. These strategic foundations will be drawn on to tackle the main lines of action efforts to remedy serious shortcomings leading to environmental degradation, incorporation of environmental considerations in State policies and cooperation in the development of supranational environmental policies.

The strategy being developed consists of an environmental action plan for Central and Eastern Europe, a report on the state of the environment in Europe and an environmental programme for Europe.

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The representative of an environmental non governmental organization called for urgent action on both ozone depletion and climate change.

With UNDP support, the Government of Jamaica adopted the national poverty eradication plan and the national environmental action plan.

Secondly, such action is complemented by the incorporation of environmental perspectives in the continuing effort towards Education for All.

Decisive and concerted action must be taken to break the vicious cycle of poverty, population pressure and environmental degradation.

The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) is one source of funding from which Small Island Developing States could access financial assistance for implementation of the Programme of Action and other related environmental endeavours.

The action plans were also expected to improve the interaction of climate change actions with those on other environmental issues.

In spite of the many multilateral environmental agreements, an institutional gap remains in the implementation machinery which requires urgent action.

(b) Applicability in armed conflict of international environmental law general clarification and action in case of revision of the treaties.