UNEP headquarters to remain in Nairobi: official

Xinhua News Agency;  February 22, 2007 ;     227 words ...UNEP headquarters to remain in Nairobi: official...United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi will not be moved...have been doing the rounds, the UNEP headquarters was suitably located at Gigiri...

FILM REVIEW: 'Closer' delightfully unsettling

University Wire;  December 7, 2004 ;   Chris Narkun;   425 words ......people hate movie reviews. Many -- maybe most -- of those who see "Closer" will find it shocking, boring, vulgar, confusing or blasphemous...Whether you are with a blind date or a spouse, you should see "Closer," then spend the rest of the night arguing over, relating...

U.N. Environmental Body Needs Changes: UNEP Chief

Xinhua English Newswire;  February 11, 1998 ;     382 words ......Meanwhile, he cleared clouds of doubts by confirming that the UNEP headquarters will remain operating in Nairobi as the sole U.N. organization...Rumors are heard for times that the U.N. intends to move the UNEP headquarters into a certain advanced nation especially following a row...

Chinese President Visits UNEP Headquarters

Xinhua English Newswire;  May 10, 1996 ;     315 words ......Director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), in the UNEP headquarters. President Jiang, who is on a state visit to Kenya, was paying a visit to the UNEP headquarters located in the suburbs of Nairobi. He said that the environmental...

China Focus: China, U.S. to see closer economic ties: experts,...

Xinhua News Agency;  March 10, 2008 ;     534 words ...China Focus: China, U.S. to see closer economic ties: experts, enterprisers BEIJING, March 10 (Xinhua...enterprisers on Monday said China and the United States will see closer economic ties. The remark is in reply to the belief that economic...

30 YEARS AGO . . . // Were the '50s so nifty? Series: AT HOME MOMS...

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 14, 1989 ;     289 words ......exclusively young mothers, coffee klatches, some organizational work. . . . "We were close, warm neighbors, from what I can see closer than they are able to establish today because so many people are not around. We would depend on each other for therapy, for...

World ministers meet to discuss UN's future work on environment protection

Xinhua News Agency;  February 21, 2005 ;     409 words ......Cooperation Conference will also be held at the Nairobi-based UNEP headquarters. Zeng and Xie Zhenhua, head of the State Environmental Protection...Development Goals" will be held from February 21 to 25 in the UNEP headquarters based in Nairobi.

Int'l Environment Policy

Xinhua English Newswire;  January 11, 1999 ;     203 words ...The 20th session of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) will meet at UNEP headquarters in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, from February 1 to 5, Xinhua learned here Monday. An official from the UNEP said that ministers...

WILDLIFE: INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT TRAFFIC IN WILD ANIMALS

Europe Environment;  March 31, 1994 ;     232 words ......animals in Africa, the United Nations programme for the Environment (UNEP) announced in Nairobi. The experts, meeting at UNEP headquarters in Nairobi from March 7 to 11, drafted a document defining the legal framework of this international force, the first of...

UNEP Governing Council to Hold 19th Session

Xinhua English Newswire;  January 20, 1997 ;     199 words ......Session of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) is scheduled to open on January 27 at the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi. A news release issued here today quoted Elizabeth Dowdeswell, the UNEP Executive Director, as saying ministers...

Progress Made on POPs Treaty in UNEP Talks

Xinhua English Newswire;  January 29, 1999 ;     371 words ......second round of talks convened by the U.N. Environmental Program (UNEP). The talks began on January 25 and ended at the UNEP headquarters here Friday. The talks are the one of the five anticipated negotiating sessions to reach a global agreement on POPs by...

PMs discuss Qantas-Singapore Airlines merger.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  November 17, 2005 ;     170 words ......aviation policy in a meeting with his Singaporean counterpart on 17 November 2005. Howard told Lee Hsien Loong that he wanted to see closer integration of Qantas and Singapore Airlines in the future, including a possible merger. Howard says Qantas is a capable operator...

Baseball: Philadelphia Phillies Team Report - April 12th.

Sports Network;  April 12, 2003 ;     261 words ......COMTEX) From The Sports Network (Sports Network) - The Philadelphia Phillies rallied from a four-run deficit on Friday only to see closer Jose Mesa blow a ninth inning lead, as the Cincinnati Reds topped Philadelphia 7-6 in the opener of a three-game set at the...

Johnson widens options.(Sports)

The Racing Post (London, England);  March 11, 2000 ;     203 words ......1 at Jackdaws Castle will end when trainer Alan King is replaced by Richard Phillips in June - and next term is likely to see closer links between him and Philip Hobbs. Johnson, who lies second to Tony McCoy in the jockeys' table, confirmed yesterday that...

China to take concrete measures in environmental protection: vice premier

Xinhua News Agency;  February 21, 2005 ;     599 words ......Cooperation Conference will also be held at the Nairobi-based UNEP headquarters. Zeng and Xie Zhenhua, head of State Environment Protection Administration...Development Goals" will be held from February 21 to 25 in the UNEP headquarters.