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ments of 1972 (Public Law 92-500). Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1973. 

 32, A94 p. At head of title: 93d Cong., 1st sess. [House] Committee [on Public 

 Works] print. 



Discusses "the potential economic impacts of the evolving pollution con- 

 trol programs in the U.S. and abroad." 

 U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Office of International Affairs. 

 Report on the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Working Group on the Enhancement of the Urban 

 Environment, Second Joint Session. Washington [1974] 60 p. 



"The topics discussed were: comprehensive planning and development, 

 construction in permafrost areas, solid waste management, noise abatement 

 and control, urban transportation, historic preservation [and] new com- 

 munities. At the instigation of the U.S. delegation, discussions also were 

 held on recreation zones [and] housing management." 

 U.S. Dept. of State. Office of Media Services. World Environmental Quality: a 

 Challenge to the International Community. [Washington, For sale bv the Supt. 

 of Docs., U.S. Govt. Priut. Off., 1973] 37 p. (U.S. Dept. of State. PubUcation 

 no. 8730) 



Reviews international environmental cooperation in recent years, with 

 emphasis on U.S. participation. 

 United Nations. Environment Programme. The International Referral System 

 for Sources of Environmental Information (IRS): report by the executive director. 

 [New York] 1975. 6 p. (United Nations. [Document] UNEP/GC/31/Add. 3) 

 International environmental cooperation 

 United Nations Environment Programme. 1974 Report on the World Social 

 Situation; Part Two. Sectoral Developments; the Environment. [New York] 1974. 

 13 p. (United Nations. [Document] E/CN.. 5/512/ Add. 17) At head of title: 

 United Nations Economic and Social Council. 



Notes some of the "public-service" functions of the global environment 

 and offers a selective review of environmental problems needing action far 

 in advance. 

 United Nations. Environment Programme. Governing Council. Review of the En- 

 vironmental Situation and of Activities Relating to the Environment Programme: 

 Report of the Executive Director. [New York] 1975. 67. (United Nations. [Docu- 

 ment] UNEP/GC/30) 



Contains review of the priority subject area, "Land, Water and Deserti- 

 fication:" arid and semi-arid lands, soil loss, tropical forests and woodlands 

 water quality. 

 United Nations. Environment Programme. Governing Council. Review of the En- 

 vironmental Monitoring System; Report of the Executive Director. [New York] 

 1975. 17 p. (United Nations. [Document] UNEP/GC/31/Add. 2) 

 United Nations. Organization and Administration of Environmental Programmes. 



New York, United Nations, 1974. E. 74.II.H.5. 

 United Nations. Secretary- General (Waldheim). Statistics of the Environment; 

 Report. [New York] 1974. 32 p. (United Nations. [Document] E/CN.3/452) 

 At the head of title: United Nations Economic and Social Council. 



"To meet the request of the seventeenth session of the Statistical Com- 

 mission, this paper sets forth a draft programme of international work in 

 the short and medium term on statistics of the environment." 

 Utton, Albert E. and Daniel H. Henning, eds. Environmental Policy: Concepts 

 and International Implications. New York, Praeger Publishers, 1973. 267 p. 

 Among the articles with international impUcations are the following: 

 "International environmental management: some preliminary thoughts;" 

 "Environmental policy and international institutional arrangements: a 

 proposal for regional and global environmental protection agencies;" "The 

 changing structure of international policy: needs and alternatives;" 

 "Environmental policy as a world order problem;" "Global pollution and 

 human rights;" "National sovereignty in international environmental 

 decisions;" and "The development of international environmental law and 

 policy in Africa." 



The book concentrates more on the political aspects of environmental 

 degredation than do many other books of this nature which concentrate more 

 on describing environmental problems. 

 Verquese, Dominique. "Europe and the Environment: Cooperation, a Distant 

 Prospect." Science, v. 178, Oct. 27, 1972: 381-383. 



". . . The antipollution movement has been slow in gathering momentum, 

 and already the usual stumbling blocks to any common European policy 

 inhibit progress." 



