Rivers of Life or Rivers of Death?

International Conference on Transboundary Environmental Issues in Central and Eastern Europe

Central European University, Budapest. 3-4 April, 2000

The conference aims to provide a starting point for the discussion of necessary developments in the Central/ Eastern European Countries which would help to prevent accidents similar to the recent cyanide spill in the Tisza River basin. It will take the form of a ?think-tank? or workshop with 30-40 participants. Speakers invited for the conference are high-ranking International officials, including the ROE/ UNEP Tisza Task Force and the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River, and those from the countries concerned, as well as environmental experts and international environmental lawyers And economists. International media will also be invited, and the conference is expected to be broadcast via the Internet.