ADVISORY/International Joint Commission Assesses Progress to Restore Environmental Integrity of the Great Lakes Ecosystem.Business Editors/Environmental Writers ADVISORY...for Sept. 12 --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2002
MEDIA ADVISORY
WHO: The International Joint Commission (IJC)
WHAT: IJC assesses progress to restore environmental integrity of
the Great Lakes ecosystem.
News Conference regarding the Commission's findings
and recommendations from its Eleventh Biennial
Report on Great Lakes Water Quality assessing the
U.S. and Canadian federal, state and provincial
governments' programs and progress to clean up the
Great Lakes under commitments made in the Great
Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
WHEN: Thursday, September 12, 2002, 9:30 a.m. EDT
WHERE: TORONTO, ON - Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, 1 Harbour Square,
on the waterfront.
Connect by phone - If you are unable to participate
in the press conference in person you can still do so by
phone. To participate please dial 1-800-427-6791 at 9:20 a.m.,
ten minutes prior to the start of the news conference.
WASHINGTON D.C. - National Press Club, First Amendment Room,
529 14th St. NW.
Connect by phone - If you are unable to participate
in the press conference in person you can still do so by
phone. To participate please dial toll free 1-866-503-1965
or internationally at 1-212-346-6536 at 9:20 a.m.,
ten minutes prior to the start of the news conference.
HOW: Although not required, an R.S.V.P. is appreciated to make
sure that adequate phone lines and materials are available.
Please call or e-mail Jennifer Day at 519-257-6733 or
dayj@windsor.ijc.org to confirm participation.
The IJC IJC International Joint Commission IJC Internet Journal of Chemistry IJC International Journal of Cancer IJC International Court of Justice IJC Independent Journalism Centre IJC International Journal of Climatology IJC International Journal of Control is a binational bi·na·tion·al adj. Of, relating to, or involving two nations. Canada-United States organization established by the Boundary Waters
2. . Under the 1978 Great Lakes Great Lakes, group of five freshwater lakes, central North America, creating a natural border between the United States and Canada and forming the largest body of freshwater in the world, with a combined surface area of c.95,000 sq mi (246,050 sq km). Water Quality Agreement, the IJC assesses progress by the two countries to restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the waters of the Great Lakes basin The Great Lakes Basin consists of the Great Lakes and the surrounding lands of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin in the United States, and the provinces of Ontario and Quebec in Canada, whose direct runoff and ecosystem. Ce communique est egalement disponible en francais. |
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