The sixth Ministerial Conference: Environment for Europe

The Parties to the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International lakes (Water Convention) will consider a preliminary assessment on the status of transboundary waters in the UNECE region which is under preparation for the sixth Ministerial Conference “Environment for Europe” (Belgrade, 10-12 October 2007).

The Sixth Ministerial Conference "Environment for Europe" will be held in Belgrade (Serbia) from 10 to 12 October 2007. It is expected that environment ministers and high level government officials from 56 countries of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) region, including Canada and USA, will participate at the Belgrade Conference.

 The “Environment for Europe” process is a unique partnership of the member States within the UNECE region, organizations of the United Nations system represented in the region, other intergovernmental organizations, regional environment centers, non-governmental organizations and other major groups that take a part in improving environmental protection and sustainable development issues in Europe.
The First Ministerial Conference, within the "Environment for Europe" process was held in 1991 at Dobris Castle in the then Czechoslovakia. Four more conferences followed: the Lucerne (Switzerland) Conference, on 28-30 April 1993; the Sofia (Bulgaria) Conference, on 23-25 October 1995; the Aarhus (Denmark) Conference, on 23-25 June 1998; and the Kiev (Ukraine) Conference, on 21-23 May 2003.