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National Workshop on Environmental Law Enforcement
Sana'a, Yemen 14 - 16 November 2006

Yemeni television broadcasted excerpts of the opening session, in which H.E. Dr. Abdul Rahman Fahd El Eryani, Minister of Water and Environment, and the Deputy Regional Director, ROWA, welcomed participants.











Yemeni television broadcasted excerpts of the opening session, in which H.E. Dr. Abdul Rahman Fahd El Eryani, Minister of Water and Environment, and the Deputy Regional Director, ROWA, welcomed participants.

From 14 till 16 November 2006, a National Workshop on Environmental Law Enforcement took place in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen.

The meeting was organized by two Divisions of UNEP: its Regional Office in Bahrein (ROWA) and the Division of Environmental Law and Conventions (DELC), together with the Yemeni Ministry of Water and Environment and the Yemeni Lawyers syndicate. The meeting discussed and addressed environmental law enforcement in general and the lack of environmental law enforcement in Yemen in specific.

To conclude, the participants issued a set of recommendations aiming to strengthen environmental law enforcement in Yemen.
Participants attending the meeting
Participants attending the meeting  
For further information, please contact:
Mr. Basel Al-Yousfi, Deputy Regional Director, ROWA,
or
Ms. Barbara Ruis, Legal Officer, DELC.
 
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