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The Project implemented will allow to reduce fossil fuel consumption fuel transportation costs reduce the negative impact upon the environment improve social and economic conditions in the Region develop the scientific and technical potential of the country retain the existing and create new jobs in the European part of Russia expand nuclear industry s importing and international cooperation in the field of nuclear energy use contribute to improvement of the positive image of nuclear energy for civilian plication. 

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIA S FAR EAST AND SIBERIA... 

It is important to identify possible sources of the future releases of contaminants. Urgent measures include solution of the problems of the Northern Nuclear Fleet. Other potential sources of contamination must be monitored for the earliest prevention activities to be undertaken, if necessary. International cooperation in this field is crucial. Without it Russia in its current economic situation is unlikely to take all responsibility for sound environmental and safety policy in the region which has a global value. 

In November 2003, sixteen countries including non-OECD countries such as Brazil, China, India and Russia, joined the International Partnership for Hydrogen Economy (IPHE), a global, high-level political interface proposed by the United Stated to foster public and private cooperation on hydrogen and fuel cells. 

This article presents an overview of the general content of UNIDO s Chemical Leasing toolkit, which aims at enabling a systematic approach to the implementation of Chemical Leasing business models at company level. It has been elaborated in close cooperation with the national and international experts involved in the UNIDO project "Promotion and implementation of Closing-the-Loops cooperation and business models in the chemical industry" that started in 2004. The experience obtained in Egypt, Mexico and Russia presents the basis for this instrument, which is expected to be applied by the entire UNIDO Cleaner Production network. 

On a more cautionary note, opposition from citizens groups could embolden those who seek to limit the effectiveness of the CWC or other international agreements. If there is strong, vocal and well-established opposition at home that is already blaming the CWC, such sentiment could be co-opted as a tool to erode its effectiveness. One can imagine homeland opposition incorporated as part of the litany of motives for decreasing funding for cooperative threat reduction to aid Russia s chemical weapons destruction efforts. 

One of the authors (K.N. Galkin) thanks for financial support to work at NPL, India in 2006 year within the framework of the International Long-Term Program of Scientific and Technical Cooperation between the Ministry of a Science and Education of Russia and the Department of Science and Technology of India. Work is executed also at support of grants FEB RAS N° 06-III-B-02-048 and Departments of Physical Sciences of the Russian Academy of Science N° 06-I-DPS-118. Financial assistance from the DST on Project No. GAP 020632 is also acknowledged. 

Cooperative efforts between the United States, Russia, Ukraine, and other host countries were initiated in 1992 to improve the safety of Soviet-designed nuclear power plants. The joint efforts originated from U.S. commitments made at the G-7 conference in 1992. Amid heightened international concern about the safety of Soviet-designed reactors, world leaders agreed to collaborate with host countries to reduce risks of operating these nuclear power plants. 

The EU opposed Russia s action in this instance. The states of the EU demanded that a peacefiil and lasting solution to the conflict in Georgia must be based on full respect for the principles of independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity recognised by international law, the Final Act of the Helsinki Conferenee on Seeurity and Cooperation in European and United Nations Seeurity Council resolutions. In this context, the Council deplores... 

This work has been performed in the framework of the European R D collaboration on EFR (CAPRA Project) and in close cooperation with the EFR Associates. The R D programme in support is complemented by various international collaborations with Japan, Russia, Switzerland, Italy... 

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