Education
for Sustainable Development: The UNED and South Bank University
are holding a one day seminar on Friday 16 June. The principal
speaker is Rt. Hon Estelle Morris, Secretary of State for Education
and Employment, other speakers from the DEA, CEE and UNED Forum
will also be present. Please contact Nicky Henson for conference
details and programme.
P7
Summit: The European Parliament’s 4th P7 Summit, held between
7-10 June in Brussels, will concentrate on water security. ‘Water,
a right to live in the 21st century’ will discuss ‘water warfare’,
the case for water privatisation and other related topics. To
register or to obtain information either contact Nicky Henson
or the Green Group in the European Parliament by e-mail:
[ [email protected]
]
Women
2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the 21st Century:
Taking place between 5-9 June 2000 at the UN New York headquarters
the General Assembly’s special session is designed to ‘review
and appraise implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action
of the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women’. For further information
visit
[ www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/followup/beijing+5.htm
]
World
Environment Day: Celebrated every year on June 5 2000, the
theme of the UNEP initiative this year is ‘The Environment Millennium
-Time to Act’. For more news about this or celebrations around
the world go to
[ www.unep.org/wed/
]
