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Название: Материалы на английском Главные Пункты: * Пресс-релиз ОКИОК (Оффшор Казахстан Интернэшнл Оперейтинг Компани) об обнадеживающих результатах разведочного бурения на Северном Каспии. * Приглашение присылать заявки на участие в конференции журналистов, пишущих об экологии, которая пройдет в Лондоне в июне этого года. * Иран критикует политику США в отношении Каспия (11.05.2000) Полный Текст Материалы на английском МАТЕРИАЛЫ НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ ************* May 2000 Joint Press Statement OKIOC (Offshore Kazakhstan International Operating Company) has reached the original target depth of 4,500 metres in the first exploration well at Kashagan East. The Republic of Kazakhstan, OKIOC and its Shareholders are encouraged by the data received from the well logging. However, it is too early to conclude whether the indications of hydrocarbons encountered so far represent a discovery. As agreed with the Republic of Kazakhstan, OKIOC intends to deepen the Kashagan East well. The positive indications received during logging suggest that it will be beneficial for both parties to obtain additional information about the deeper section of the Kashagan structure at this time. This activity represents an acceleration of OKIOC's exploration drilling programme, which originally scheduled this section of the structure to be drilled at the Kashagan West location, 40 km away on the Kashagan structure. In line with good oilfield practice, OKIOC will deepen the well prior to undertaking well testing. OKIOC has reviewed the technical requirements and implications of drilling below 4,500m and firmly believes that operations will be under sound control. Upon completion of the drilling and logging of this additional well section, OKIOC will undertake testing of the well which will enable us to gain further information about the reservoir and what it contains. OKIOC will be able to give an indication of results after analysis of the well testing. ******* The Reuters Foundation (RF) is accepting applications for its June 12 through June 23 Environment in the News Workshop in London. The program will bring together about a dozen journalists from around the world for a two-week, practical program focusing upon the importance of environmental coverage. The course is part of a program run by RF instructors in centers throughout the world. Full-time journalists or regular contributors to newspapers, news agencies, magazines and radio or television based in any country may apply. Applicants must speak and write English. There are no age or experience requirements, but usually participants have committed to a career in journalism and are between 23 and 35 years old. Applicants need not be environmental specialists, but should demonstrate a strong interest in environmental issues The Reuters Foundation will pay for training materials, economy class travel and student-style accommodations. Participants will be selected on merit. The decision of the Reuters Foundation selection board is final. The deadline for submission of the application form is May 15. Applications should be faxed to Jo Weir at (44 207) 542- 8599. For more details and an application form, contact Jo Weir, project director at Reuters Foundation, 85 Fleet Street, London EC4P 4AJ, England. Tel: (44 207) 542- 5872. Fax: (44 207) 542-8599. E-mail: jo.weir@reuters.com , or visit http://www.foundation.reuters.com/envnews.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Now the best and coolest websites come right to you based on your unique interests. eTour.com is surfing without searching. And, it's FREE! http://click.egroups.com/1/3013/4/_/372080/_/957222325/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DISTRIBUTED BY THE ASIA PACIFIC FORUM OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS(AFEJ)HQ P.O.Box 26, 434/3-SriJayawardenapura, Sri Lanka. http://www.oneworld.org/slejf To Post a Email message-send it sobacine@sri.lanka.net Telephone: (+94-1)829519 (4 lines) Fax:(+94-1) 826607 Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to invite you to make your nomination for the journalist you believe deserves to receive The Reuters-IUCN Media Award 2000. Both Reuters and IUCN (The World Conservation Union) would like to hear of any examples of outstanding journalism that you/your organisation consider to be seminal to the public's understanding of environmental issues or to be of particular importance to the development of environmental debate. In recent years environmental journalism has acquired an unparalleled importance that few would have dreamt of a decade ago. Whether the headline is GM food, nuclear waste or global warming, it is clear that our relationship with our planet is going to be a key topic for the next millennium. A new generation of readers and viewers with a keen awareness of these issues means that environmental journalism has become mainstream. In recognition of this, Reuters in association with IUCN (The World Conservation Union) is looking to raise the profile of environmental journalism with the Reuters-IUCN Media Awards 2000. These awards are open to journalists in print, television and electronic media (the Internet) throughout the world. The award aims to recognise excellence in professional reporting on topics relating to the environment and sustainable development. Reuters and IUCN also hope to encourage dialogue between journalists and experts that will lead to informed and responsible reporting of environmental issues that reflect a high standard of scientific accuracy and journalistic acumen. Entries will be evaluated on pre-agreed criteria (see appendix A) and against the following issues (see appendix B). Nominators should complete the attached form and submit it together with an original copy of the published or broadcast material to the IUCN office closest to the author's base (see attached list of IUCN country and regional offices). Details on how to nominate an environmental journalist can be found at website www.foundation.reuters.com. All entries for The Reuters-IUCN Media Awards 2000 must be published or broadcast between 30 August 1999 and 30 June 2000. Entries for The Reuters-IUCN Media Awards 2000 must be received by the corresponding IUCN office by 15 July 2000. At a ceremony held during The Second World Conservation Congress in Amman from 4 - 11 October 2000 an international panel that will include Queen Noor of Jordan, Patron of IUCN, will select the global winner from a pool of nine regional winners from: * French-speaking Africa * English-speaking Africa * East and Central Europe * West Europe * Central and South America * North America and the Caribbean * South and South East Asia * North Africa and the Middle East These winners will be invited to participate in a Reuters Foundation regional environmental journalism workshop. One global winner will be selected for the overall best example of environmental journalism 1999-2000 and thus will be awarded a three-month fellowship at Oxford University, England. Background info: Reuters Foundation was set up by Reuters, the global news and information group, in 1982 as an educational trust to promote high standards in journalism through study and training. Over 1700 professional journalists have benefited from Reuters Foundation training programmes. The Foundation also supports a global range of humanitarian causes recommended by Reuters employees around the world. IUCN - World Conservation Union was created in 1948. It's the world's largest conservation-related organisation, bringing together 76 states, 111 government agencies, 669 NGOs, 36 affiliates, and some 10.000 scientists and experts from 140 countries in a unique world partnership. Over the last half century, IUCN has helped over 50 countries to prepare and implement National Conservation Strategies within the framework of global conventions that it has participated in drafting. Through its world-wide secretariat, comprising offices in 42 countries, IUCN contributes to the implementation of a wide range of activities linking local action with global initiatives. Appendix A * Originality of the subject * Quality of the investigation/research * Quality of treatment * Ability to relate conservation to mainstream, socio-economic issues * Popularisation * Potential impact on the public and policy makers * Special consideration will be given to any difficulty (e.g. lack of means) affecting the journalists' works Appendix B * Species extinction and the conservation of biodiversity * Environmental degradation and sound ecosystem management * The conservation and sustainable use of natural resources * Community empowerment, participation and governance * Environmental impacts of investment, consumption and trade * Environment-related social, economic and development issues If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact JoWeir at Reuters Foundation, jo.weir@reuters.com, or Josuй Anselmo, IUCN Media relations co-ordinator, at JOA@hq.iucn.org ***** from Russia Today Iran Hits Out at U.S. Caspian Policy ALMATY, Apr 28, 2000 -- (Reuters) Iran issued a thinly veiled warning to the United States on Thursday that its attempts to direct the flow of energy from the Caspian so as to bypass Iran and Russia threatened to destabilize an already volatile region. Washington has pushed hard for oil and gas transport corridors running from east to west as a way of reducing the influence of Iran - which it calls a "rogue state" - and former regional superpower Russia over vast energy reserves. "If the big powers intend to make this region an arena for unnecessary rivalries, the conditions will undoubtedly lead to instability and insecurity in the region," Iranian First Vice-President Hasan Habibi told a World Economic Forum summit. Echoing speeches from other delegates during two days of meetings in Kazakhstan, he said greater cooperation within the region offered the best long-term prospects. Economics rather than politics should dictate key oil projects. The United States backs a planned oil pipeline running from Baku in Azerbaijan to Ceyhan on Turkey's Mediterranean coast as well as a gas route running across the Caspian seabed from Turkmenistan to Turkey via Azerbaijan. Moscow and Tehran oppose either one or both of the planned routes, which may never be built due to high costs and rivalries between participating countries. IRAN TOUTS ITS TERRITORY AS BEST ROUTE While a high-capacity oil pipeline is being built from Kazakhstan to Russia's Black Sea coast, Iran has been sidelined from the race to win control over strategic exports due to U.S. sanctions in force against it. Habibi said that outlets running south across Iran to the open seas were the cheapest option. "The project for north-south connection through...Iran is a clear and economical response to this need of countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus," he said. Tehran could eventually handle 1.8 million barrels of Caspian oil per day compared with just a trickle now, he added. Habibi also highlighted other factors that he said continued to undermine stability in ethnically-divided Central Asia. "Today, the perils of narcotic trafficking, terrorism, conflicts and civil wars...seriously threaten all countries of the region," he said. Russia is concerned that Afghanistan may be a future source of religious extremism and terrorism spreading north into Central Asia and beyond. Huge volumes of illegal drugs already follow the same route to Russia and Western markets. Habibi called for a solution to a wrangle between the five countries bordering the Caspian over its status, which has held up major oil and gas projects. Some littoral states, including Kazakhstan and Russia, have reached bilateral agreements on carving up the waters, an approach which Habibi said Iran did not support. "If...no consensus is reached on its legal status, then the Caspian will become an irritating source of instability, and God forbid, it will jeopardize the security of the region," he said. (C)2000 Copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. 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