Worldwide Emerging Environmental Issues Affecting the U.S. Military. February 2006 Report

• Other Authors: FEDERATION OF UN ASSOCIATIONS WASHINGTON DC MILLENNIUM PROJECT
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Military Forces and Organizations; Environmental Health and Safety; *ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; *MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES); SECURITY; FULLERENES; HYDROGEN; SAFETY; CLIMATE; MERCURY; UNITED NATIONS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; AUSTRALIA; INFLUENZA; FORESTS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CRUDE OIL; NEW ZEALAND; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM DOTS; EUROPEAN UNION; DETECTION; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; COASTAL REGIONS; CHEMICALS MANAGEMENT; ARCTIC NORTHERN PASSAGE; INORGANIC FULLERENE LIKE MATERIALS; BIOCHEMICAL DETECTION; BATTERIES; BIODIESEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; RISING SEA LEVELS; RENEWABLE ENERGY; BIODIVERSITY; GMO(GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS); BIOSAFETY; BIOSECURITY; BIRD FLU; PANDEMICS; COCONUT OIL; Arctic; New Zealand; Climate change
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA528622; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA528622

The UN Secretary-General has appointed a 15-member international high-level panel to explore how to improve the work and efficiency of the UN system in the areas of development, humanitarian assistance, and environment. The study's outcomes will be used for the comprehensive UN management reform, complementing such other major reform initiatives as the new Peacebuilding Commission and the new Human Rights Council. The study is expected to be completed by the summer and its recommendations formally presented to the UN General Assembly in September 2006, with possible implementation in 2007. Prepared in cooperation with Battelle Columbus Operations, OH.