WHERE WILL THE INTERNATIONAL 2001 CELEBRATIONS BE HELD

Each year, UNEP, the United Nations agency responsible for coordinating World Environment Day activities, selects a city as the main venue for the international celebrations. This year, for the first time, this special event will take place in two cities, namely Torino, Italy and Havana, Cuba. In addition there will be significant links to Hue, Vietnam and Nairobi, Kenya.

The main event to be held on 5 June will culminate with the presentation of UNEP's Global 500 awards to environmentalists, from every corner of the world, who have made outstanding contributions to the protection of the environment. These environmentalists are members of a broad and growing environmental movement that is flowering around the world. They have taken the part that most of us hesitate to take for want of time and caring, and in honoring them UNEP seeks inspiration from their extraordinary deeds.

Host countries of international World Environment Day and Global 500 Award ceremony: