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International World Environment Day Celebrations to be held in Adelaide, Australia 'This is the first time that this important United Nations day will be held in the Pacific Region, and UNEP is indeed honoured that Australia has generously offered to host World Environment Day 2000 in Adelaide,' says UNEP's Executive Director, Klaus Töpfer. 'The theme, The Environment Millennium – Time to Act, is a rallying cry to each and every one of us to become responsible trustees of the Planet and to renew our pledge to protect the amazing web of life that sustains us. World Environment Day gives us an opportunity to promote people's participation in caring for the environment, and to raise environmental awareness not only in Australia, but throughout the region and around the globe,' adds Töpfer. 'This is a great opportunity for Australia to demonstrate its environmental achievements and its commitment to ecological sustainable development and to build on the international focus in the lead to and during the green Olympic games,' confirmed Senator Robert Hill, Australia's Federal Environment Minister. www.unep.org/unep/per/cpi/wed/Default.asp News and Views Form
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