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2017-12-17 07:33
Iran highlights sand, dust storms in Asia-Pacific Carbon Forum
TEHRAN — Iran has once again remarked the importance of addressing sand and dust storms on the international scale, ISNA reported.
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2017-07-12 20:37
Water provides cooperation ground between Tehran, Ankara: envoy
TEHRAN – Ankara’s ambassador to Tehran said on Wednesday that water should be a matter of cooperation not discrepancy between Turkey and Iran provided that it is not addressed “emotionally”.
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2017-07-05 18:32
By Maryam Qarehgozlou
UN ready to settle environmental disputes with best available knowledge: UNEP chief
TEHRAN — The United Nations is ready to provide scientific solutions to resolve environmental disputes among governments, executive director of the UN Environment Program (UNEP) Erik Solheim said on Monday.
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2017-07-04 20:19
Intl. conference wraps 2nd day with Tehran Ministerial Declaration
TEHRAN – Ministers and high-level representatives participating in the UN-backed International Conference on Combating Sand and Dust Storms in Tehran (July 3-5) wrapped up its second day with the Tehran Ministerial Declaration, agreeing to “cooperate on combating SDS at sub-regional regional, and international levels.”
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2017-07-04 19:20
By Maryam Qarehgozlou
Iran holds Turkey partly accountable for dust storms; Turkey denies
TEHRAN — Sand and dust storms (SDS) usually occur when strong winds lift large amounts of sand and dust from bare, dry soil into the atmosphere.
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2017-07-03 20:30
Top Iranian delegation to visit Afghanistan
TEHRAN – A member of Afghanistan’s Council of Ministers said on Monday that a top Iranian delegation plans to visit Kabul in the near future.
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2017/07/03
By Ali Mirchi and Kaveh Madani
Can Iran lead a global fight against dust storms?
High-level international delegations meet in Tehran to discuss anthropogenic dust bowls as a global environmental threat
In the last two years, the UN passed four resolutions on sand and dust storms in an attempt to facilitate a global political will to tackle this pressing environmental problem.
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2017-06-28 21:30
Tehran to host Intl. Conference on Combating Sand and Dust Storms
TEHRAN — In a global effort toward mitigating effects of sand and dust storms Tehran will host the International Conference on Combating Sand and Dust Storms on July 3-5.
