The North
Sea Conference
Ministers/heads of delegations at the
Fifth North Sea Conference: Front from left; Hans Chr. Schmidt, Denmark, Børge Brende,
Norway, Magda
Aelvoet, Belgium
and Michael Meacher, United
Kingdom. 2nd row from left; Lena
Sommestad, Sweden, Prudencio Perera, European Commission, Fritz Holzwarth,
Germany, Monique de Vries, The Netherlands, Gian Federico Pedotti, Switzerland,
Thierry Wahl, France and Allan Wilson, Scotland.
The 5th North Sea Conference took place in
Bergen, Norway on 20-21 March 2002. The
secretariat for the 5th North Sea Conference in the Norwegian Ministry of the
Environment is now closed. This website will not be updated after 23. Dec.
2002.
The Ministers
at the 5th North Sea Conference welcomed the offer from Sweden to host
a ministerial meeting by 2006 at the latest. This meeting will focus on the
environmental impacts of shipping and environmental consequences of fisheries.
The Committee of North Sea Senior Officials (CONSSO) will serve as a contact
network and facilitate the preparations for the ministerial meeting.
A secretariat
has been established at the Ministry of Sustainable Development in Sweden:
The North Sea
Secretariat
Ministry of Sustainable Development
SE-103 33 Stockholm
Sweden
tel: + 46 8 405 10 00
e-mail: registrator@sustainable.ministry.se
About this site
On
this site you can find information about the goals and achievements of the
previous North Sea Conferences. You can also find the Progress Report, which
has been prepared as a background document for the 5th North Sea
Conference, and the Ministerial Declaration from the conference.
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