The United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP) has received a number of requests from governments for technical
assistance concerning the cyanide spill in the rivers Tisza and Danube.
As an immediate response, the UNEP Executive Director, Klaus Toepfer, has
instructed Balkans Task Force scientists who are currently working in the
area to take water samples from the river Danube and to keep him updated
on the situation in the region.
UNEP is working closely with the Office
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and has also been in
contact with the Chemical Accidents Group of Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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