*[Enwl-eng] MEDIA ADVISORY - High level representatives gather forBaltic Sea health check

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]MEDIA ADVISORY
HELCOM Ministerial Meeting 2013 in Copenhagen
Nine Environment Ministers and EU Commissioner gather for Baltic Sea health
check



WHAT Press conference following the HELCOM
2013 Ministerial Meeting

WHEN Thursday 3 October 2013, at 12.45 –
13.30 (local time)

WHERE Eigtveds Pakhus, Asiatisk Plads 2G,
Copenhagen, Denmark

WHY
The high-level representatives from all nine Baltic coastal states and EU
will gather to discuss priorities and agree on actions for improving the
Baltic Sea marine environment, along with observer organizations, financing
institutes and other stakeholders. HELCOM Contracting Parties have committed
to implement the Baltic Sea Action Plan (2007–2021), and now the progress
will be reviewed. The outcome – 2013 Ministerial Declaration – is the master
blueprint for stronger efforts for a healthier Baltic Sea, following the
long tradition of regional HELCOM cooperation.


Any interested media are invited to apply for accreditation for the Press
conference by sending name, media represented, and contact information to
HELCOM Secretariat
(johanna...@helcom.fi<mailto:johanna...@helcom.fi>), by Tuesday 1
October 2013.


Dedicated webpages:
www.helcom.fi/Ministerial2013<http://www.helcom.fi/Ministerial2013>


* * *
[Jonatan Lykke-Olesen Press and Communication Department Nature Agency,
Ministry of the Environment Copenhagen, Denmark E-mail: jo...@nst.dk
Tel: +45 41 11 22 84]<mailto:jo...@nst.dk>For further information, please
contact
Johanna Laurila
Information Secretary
HELCOM
Helsinki, Finland
E-mail: johanna...@helcom.fi<mailto:johanna...@helcom.fi>
Tel: +358 40 523 8988


The Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission, usually referred to as
HELCOM<http://www.helcom.fi/>, is an intergovernmental organization of the
nine Baltic Sea coastal countries and the European Union, working to protect
the marine environment of the Baltic Sea from all sources of pollution,
including response to spills and clean and safe shipping. HELCOM governs a
legal treaty from 1974, "Convention on the Protection of the Marine
Environment of the Baltic Sea Area," aka the Helsinki Convention.

* * *
High-level representatives attending the Press conference:

Ms. Ida Auken
Minister of the Environment, Denmark


Ms. Keit Pentus-Rosimannus
Minister of the Environment, Estonia


Mr. Karl Falkenberg

Director General, DG Environment, European Commission



Mr. Ville Niinistö
Minister of the Environment, Finland



Mr. Fritz Holzwarth

Deputy Director-General, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature
Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany



Mr. Edmunds Sprūdžs

Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Latvia



Mr. Almantas Petkus

Vice-Minister of the Environment, Lithuania



Mr. Stanisław Gawłowski
Vice-Minister of the Environment, Poland



Mr. Nuritdin Inamov
Director of International Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment, Russian Federation



Ms. Lena Ek
Minister of the Environment, Sweden





From: "Johanna Laurila" <johanna...@helcom.fi>
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 4:23 PM
Subject: MEDIA ADVISORY - High level representatives gather for Baltic Sea
health check






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