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Published on 14 September 1999

25 institutions accommodated in the International Environment House: International Environment House inaugurated in Geneva

Bern, 14.9.1999 - The Swiss Confederation and the Canton of Geneva are giving support to Geneva as an international centre of competence for the environment. The International Environment House, inaugurated this Tuesday in Geneva, contributes to implementing this policy. During the press conference Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Philippe Roch, Director of the Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL) and Laurent Moutinot, State Councillor of Geneva Canton, stressed the importance of this building as a place for people from the many international environmental organisations in Geneva to exchange ideas and look together for potentially positive interactions.