27 Ianuarie, 2007 - Published 15:06 GMT Canalul <http://www.bbc.co.uk/romanian/news/story/2007/01/070127_bastroe.shtml> Bastroe: noi divergente Romania - Ucraina
Autoritatile romane semnaleaza din nou ca Ucraina nu respecta recomandarile internationale referitoare la amenajarea canalului Bastroe. Ministerul de externe de la Bucuresti a transmis o sesizare in acest sens Comitetului de implementare a Conventiei de la Espoo - care supravegheaza indeplinirea recomandarilor internationale in domeniul protectiei mediului. In document, Romania acuza Ucraina ca nu a respectat nici una din recomandarile existente. Este vorba despre solicitarea ca Ucraina sa nu continue lucrarile de adancire a canalului pana nu se consulta cu partea romana sau despre organizarea unor consultari publice in zonele care ar putea fi afectate de amenajarea canalului. Recomandarile sunt parte a unui raport publicat de Natiunile Unite la mijlocul anului 2006, care afirma ca proiectul canalului navigabil realizat de Ucraina afecteaza ecosistemul Deltei Dunarii, care face parte din patrimoniul UNESCO din 1991. Pozitia partii romane este sustinuta zilele acestea la Biroul Conventiei de la Espoo care se desfasoara la Geneva, urmand ca o analiza detaliata sa fie prezentata de ministerul de externe luna viitoare, cu ocazia celei de-a 11-a reuniuni a Comitetului de implementare a conventiei. C BBC Romania says <http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L27811914.htm> Ukraine fails to discuss Danube canal 27 Jan 2007 14:42:38 GMT Source: Reuters BUCHAREST, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Romania has complained to the United Nations that Ukraine has failed to consult it about works on a huge ship canal slicing through the ecologically sensitive Danube Delta, the Foreign Ministry said. The Bastroe Canal sparked tensions between Romania and Ukraine, which share the Delta, and drew criticism from the European Union and environmental groups, which say it could harm the unique ecosystem, a UNESCO world heritage site since 1991. Ukraine, which began work on the canal in 2004 without formally notifying Romania, has said Bastroe will help boost the impoverished economy on its side of the border. Romania, a new EU member, asked the U.N.'s Economic Commission for Europe, which manages the 1991 Espoo Convention committing signatories to consult on development projects that could affect their neighbours, to analyse Ukraine's plans. The U.N. body drafted a report in July 2006 concluding the Ukrainian canal posed a real threat to wildlife in the Delta. It committed Ukraine to consult Romania on how to tackle construction works. Ukraine was also asked to discuss the project with inhabitants of the Delta and non-governmental organisations. "So far, the Ukrainian party has respected none of these requests, persisting on a one-sided approach of the Bastroe problem," Romania's Foreign Ministry said in a statement late on Friday, adding it had sent a letter to the United Nations earlier in the week. "Such behaviour may create an unwanted precedent in international practice." The Espoo Convention, named after the Finnish town where it was signed, does not mention any sanctions for signatories that violate its provisions. This is the first case since it went into effect in 1996 that has reached dispute stage. C 1998-2006 Reuters Limited ---------------------------- Vali "Noble blood is an accident of fortune; noble actions are the chief mark of greatness." (Carlo Goldoni) "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." (Jimi Hendrix) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
