ZAGREB, Oct 23 (Hina) - A convention on the protection of the Danube +river came into effect on Thursday after being ratified by eight +countries and the European Union, the State Administration for the +Protection of Nature and
Environment of Croatia said in a statement +on Friday.+ The convention, which envisages cooperation in the protection and +viable use of the Danube, is expected to become the leading means +for strengthening the environmental protection and improvement of +the Danube basin.+ The chief legislative body of the convention is an international +commission chaired in the first year by Austria. The first meetings +are expected in Vienna between October 27 and 29.+ The statement emphasised that even though the convention had become +effective only now, the environmental protection of the Danube +basin began in 1991.+(hina) ha+
ZAGREB, Oct 23 (Hina) - A convention on the protection of the Danube
river came into effect on Thursday after being ratified by eight
countries and the European Union, the State Administration for the
Protection of Nature and Environment of Croatia said in a statement
on Friday.
The convention, which envisages cooperation in the protection and
viable use of the Danube, is expected to become the leading means
for strengthening the environmental protection and improvement of
the Danube basin.
The chief legislative body of the convention is an international
commission chaired in the first year by Austria. The first meetings
are expected in Vienna between October 27 and 29.
The statement emphasised that even though the convention had become
effective only now, the environmental protection of the Danube
basin began in 1991.
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