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Aarhus compliance review leads to debate on access to justice in Belgium

Compliance Committee finds Belgium to be in compliance with treaty as Government takes measures to address issue of NGOs' legal standing before national courts

Chemicals management workshop stresses civil society participation, partnerships

UNITAR to support preparatory activities underway for country pilots linked to SAICM implementation

Global Alliance for ICT and Development to hold inaugural meeting

Follow up to World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS-II) seeks to integrate ICT with global development agenda

Representativeness of European civil society organisations in civil dialogue: open debate

European Economic and Social Committee invites European and national civil society organisations to comment on guidelines and proposals by 30 June 2006

Seminar on the Aarhus Convention and public access to environmental information to be held in English and Turkish

European Union-funded "Partnership for the Future" seminar will be held in in Nicosia, Cyprus, 3 July 2006

Argentinean lawyer and human rights activist wins Sophie Prize

CEDHA founder cited for groundbreaking work in linking problems of environmental destruction to the fight for basic human rights

Experts look to enhance implementation of multilateral environmental agreements in the Balkans

Integrating and streamlining MEAs reporting topic of Vienna meeting

Switzerland to launch pollutant release and transfer register in line with UNECE Protocol

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Capacity building partners call for support for development of national pollutant registers

Third meeting of UNECE Working Group on PRTRs opens 17 May 2006, in Geneva

Education for Sustainable Development featured at 14th session of Commission on Sustainable Development

CSD-14 to review Agenda 21 implementation among other cross-cutting topics