MONITORING AFTER THE UN RESOLUTION

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[07:14 pm] 04 October, 2006

The monitoring of the international expert mission, with OSCE Economy
and Environmental issues coordinator Bernard Snow at the head, has
started in Nagorno Karabakh and in the nearby territories, in order
to assess the influence of fires on the environment.

The group includes the head of the UN Environmental Issues Mission, and
experts from the CE, the EU, the USA and other local and international
structures.

The monitoring will last 11 days. In order to get a full picture of
the scene the groups intends to investigate the fire zones, as well
as the borderline.

The monitoring mission was created after the UN resolution according
to which the UN Environmental program must join efforts with the
OSCE. According to which, the report about the results of the OSCE
mission must be represented in the UN General Assembly until April
30, 2007.