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UN announces new conference on early warning systems against natural hazards

26 July 2005
Pushing ahead with Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s call for global early-warning systems covering all countries and all hazards, the United Nations today announced the convening of a new conference next year to reinforce lessons learned from last December Indian Ocean tsunami with fresh initiatives in high priority countries.

UN stresses public, private partnerships to fight climate change in Asia and Pacific

29 April 2002
With Pacific island nations and low-lying coastal areas facing a growing threat from the effects of global warming, a senior United Nations official in the Asia and Pacific region today stressed the importance of public-private sector cooperation in combating the phenomenon.