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	Press Release: Second Extractive Industries Regional Consultation closes in Budapest: Eastern Europe and Central Asia verdict - goals of sustainable development and poverty reduction goals not yet achieved through extraction activity Date: 06/22/2002 BUDAPEST, 22 June 2002—A second Regional Consultation for stakeholders in oil, gas and mining activities closed today with broad agreement on ways the World Bank should change in the interests of poverty reduction through sustainable development. Selected representatives of civil society, companies, government and the World Bank agreed on ten cross-cutting areas where change would be necessary for continued Bank involvement in extraction activities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
	Press Release: Second Extractive Industries Regional Consultation opens in Budapest Eminent Person calls for new development paradigm: sustainable development instead of economic development Date: 06/20/2002 BUDAPEST, 20 June 2002—A second Regional Consultation for stakeholders in oil, gas and mining got under way in Budapest, Hungary today. Organized by the Extractive Industries Review (EIR), the meeting brings together civil society, industry executives, government officials and staff of the World Bank Group. Consultation will prepare recommendations for a future role of the World Bank in the three sectors, including the possibility of its withdrawal.
	Press Release: World Bank Extractive Industries Review (EIR) to hold second Regional Consultation in Budapest, Hungary, June 18-22, 2002 Date: 06/10/2002 JAKARTA, 10 June 2002—The second of five Regional Consultations to review the future role of the World Bank Group in the oil, gas and mining sectors will be held in Budapest, Hungary, from June 18-22, 2002. In line with the first regional consultation in Brazil, April 2002, the Budapest meeting will examine key development issues relating to the extractive industries, with a specific focus on World Bank Group supported projects in Eastern Europe, the Former Soviet Union and Central Asia.
	Press Release: Russian Translation - World Bank Extractive Industries Review (EIR) to hold second Regional Consultation in Budapest, Hungary, June 18-22, 2002 Date: 06/10/2002
	Press Release: Closing Remarks, Latin America and Caribbean Regional Workshop Date: 04/19/2002 RIO DE JANEIRO, 19 April 2002—Taking up challenges by NGOs and Indigenous People's Organizations to show if, why and how the World Bank Group should continue to work with civil society, industry and governments on oil, gas and minerals extraction, a closed meeting of representative stakeholders here gave a qualified support for the World Bank Group remaining in the sectors.
	Press Release: El Banco Mundial debe cambiar radicalmente Date: 04/19/2002 RIO DE JANEIRO, 19 de abril de 2002---Enfrentándose con una situación compleja presentada por los ONG y las organizaciones de los pueblos indígenas para demostrar si, por qué y cómo el Grupo del Banco Mundial debería continuar trabajando con la sociedad civil, la industria y los gobiernos en la extracción del petróleo, del gas y de los minerales, una reunión a puertas cerradas de los representantes de las partes involucradas dio aquí su apoyo condicional para que el Grupo del Banco Mundial permanezca en los sectores...
	Press Release: Eminent Person for Extractive Industries Review focuses first Consultation on social development of indigenous people and their environment Date: 04/16/2002 RIO DE JANEIRO, 15 April 2002—"We want to discuss your feelings, your experience of what has happened when extractive industries—oil, gas and mining—have been developed in your country or neighborhood" the Eminent Person of the Extractive Industries Review, Dr. Emil Salim, told representatives of indigenous people, labor organizations and NGOs at the opening session of the Review's Latin American workshop in Rio de Janeiro today.
	Press Release: El Especialista de la Revisión de las Industrias Extractivas enfoca el tema del desarrollo social de los pueblos indígenas y su medio ambiente en la primera consulta Date: 04/16/2002 RIO DE JANEIRO, 16 de abril de 2002 --- "Queremos hablar sobre vuestros pareceres y vuestra experiencia con respecto a lo sucedido cuando las industrias extractivas---petróleo, gas natural y minería---se han explotado en vuestros países o en vuestra comunidad", El Especialista de la Revisión de las Industrias Extractivas, Dr. Emil Salim, les dijo hoy a los representantes de los pueblos indígenas, de las organizaciones laborales y de las ONG durante la sesión inaugural del taller latinoamericano de la Revisión que se celebra en Río de Janeiro.
	Press Release: La Revisión de las Industrias Extractivas celebrará su primera consulta en Río de Janeiro, Brasil Date: 04/12/2002 Yakarta, 12 de abril de 2002 – La primera de nuestras cuatro consultas regionales para reconsiderar el papel del Grupo del Banco Mundial (GBM) en los sectores del petróleo, el gas natural y la minería se celebrará en Río de Janeiro, Brasil a partir del 15 hasta el 19 de abril próximos.
	Press Release: Extractive Industries Review to hold its first regional consultation in Rio de Janeiro Date: 04/12/2002 JAKARTA, 12 April 2002—The first of four regional consultations to review the role of the World Bank Group (WBG) in the oil, gas and mining sectors will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 15 to 19 April 2002. Expected outcomes include a new set of guidelines and standards that will tie future WBG involvement in the three extractive industries to positive impacts in terms of poverty reduction and sustainable development.