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Press release

Transboundary water co-operation and water management focus of Almaty meeting

Date:
Place:
ALMATY
Source:
OSCE Secretariat
Fields of work:
Environmental activities

ALMATY, 22 October 2007 - Issues relating to a decline in access to water and sanitation, as well as expanding co-operation between countries and stakeholders on shared waters, will be on the agenda of a workshop, organized by the OSCE, UNECE and UNDP, that opens in Almaty tomorrow.

The three-day event, "River basin commissions and other institutions for transboundary water co-operation", will bring together more than 50 decision-makers, scientists and representatives of international and non-governmental organizations from Central Asia and Eastern Europe.

The 2007 OSCE Spanish Chairmanship has focused on land degradation, soil contamination and water management and their impact on environmental security.


Contacts

Mylene Lichtenberg, OSCE Secretariat

OSCE Secretariat

Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities

Wallnerstrasse 6
A-1010 Vienna
Austria