ZAGREB, Mar 1 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Tonino Picula on Wednesday received Hama Arba Diallo, the United Nations Executive Secretary for the implementation of the Convention to Combat Desertification, the Foreign Ministry
said in a statement. The Convention is a global instrument for the protection of land, and together with the Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity represents an integral mechanism for a world level protection of the environment. Minister Picula told the UN official Croatia was making preparations for accessing the Convention to Combat Desertification. He pointed out the new government was paying special attention to environmental protection, as evidenced by the establishment of a ministry for environmental protection and zoning. Picula also drew attention to the problem of mines which cover some ten percent of Croatia's enti
ZAGREB, Mar 1 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Tonino Picula on
Wednesday received Hama Arba Diallo, the United Nations Executive
Secretary for the implementation of the Convention to Combat
Desertification, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The Convention is a global instrument for the protection of land,
and together with the Convention on Climate Change and the
Convention on Biological Diversity represents an integral
mechanism for a world level protection of the environment.
Minister Picula told the UN official Croatia was making
preparations for accessing the Convention to Combat
Desertification.
He pointed out the new government was paying special attention to
environmental protection, as evidenced by the establishment of a
ministry for environmental protection and zoning.
Picula also drew attention to the problem of mines which cover some
ten percent of Croatia's entire territory.
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