ARABS-ISRAEL - Feb. 8 - Israeli Environmental Violations.(Brief Article)

From: APS Diplomat Recorder | Date: February 10, 2001 | Copyright information

The governing council of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) calls on Klaus Topfer, the body's executive director, to prepare a report on alleged environmental violations in the Palestinian territories. (In an unusual vote, the resolution - proposed by Egypt on behalf of the Arab Group - went to a vote in the council's plenary session, with an alliance of 19 Arab and Latin American states voting for the motion and the US providing the sole dissenting voice. EU countries, which had ...

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