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Mediterranean union water conference called off indefinitely
A conference of European Union and Mediterranean states due to take place in Jordan has been postponed indefinitely because of regional tensions, officials said on Saturday in Paris.
"The conference (on water) has been postponed at the request of Jordan for reasons to do with the tensions between the Arab League and Israel," the environment ministry in France, co-chair with Egypt of the Union for the Mediterranean (UPM), said.
The long-planned ministerial conference was due to have taken place at Swaimeh, on the banks of the Dead Sea. It was mentioned specifically in the July 13 declaration at the Paris summit marking the creation of UPM.
Its stated aim was to establish the broad framework of a long term strategy for water in the Mediterranean and to establish the first concrete plans in the sector.
The UPM has 43 members: the 27 European Union states and 16 Mediterranean nations.
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| News type | Inbrief |
| File link |
http://www.silobreaker.com/DocumentReader.aspx?Item=5_917791745 |
| Source of information | © 2008 Agence France-Presse (AFP) |
| Keyword(s) | Mediterranean-Union, EU-SMAP, EU-LIFE, EU-INCO-MED, EU-MEDA-Water, ENPI, Horizon 2020, UNEP-MAP |
| Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , TOOL TERMS , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY |
| Relation | http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=11602 |
| Geographical coverage | France, Jordan, Egypt, Euromed |
| News date | 27/10/2008 |
| Working language(s) | ENGLISH |
