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Civic organizations support practical instrument to promote sustainable development through education
The compliance mechanism gives the public, including NGOs, unprecedented role in triggering a review of a Party’s compliance with the treaty
UNECE regional strategy would incorporate democracy and human rights among key Education for Sustainable Development themes
Four EU member States also to become Parties to environmental rights treaty
UK joins the European Community, Austria, Netherlands and Spain as the pace of ratifications peaks in the run up to the second meeting of the Parties to the Convention on 25-27 May 2005
New rules giving the European public better access to environmental information became binding for all European Union Member States on 14 February 2005.
Recommendations on access to justice and electronic information tools concluded by the Working Group; further work foreseen on narrowing proposals for GMOs amendment
Law expands citizens' right-to-know to cover production processes and products
GMOs and access to justice issues expected to dominate agenda
At its 4th meeting, the Working Group of the Parties will finalise the documents for the 2nd Meeting of the Parties (MOP-2) which will be held in Almaty on 25-27 May.
