Summit to boost Baltic clean-up promises

The Baltic Sea is one of the most polluted seas in the world. In November 2007, the countries bordering the sea adopted a road map (the Baltic Sea Action Plan), which indicates the actions required to restore the sea.

The Baltic Sea Action Summit convened in Helsinki on 10 February 2010. It aimed to provide a platform for arriving at practical commitments to save the Baltic Sea. The region's states and corporations and organisations aimed to make concrete commitments, which can be interlinked with the Baltic Sea Action Plan.

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Website: Baltic Sea Action Summit http://www.bsas.fi/

European Commission: Press Release: IP/10/148: Commissioner Hahn attends the Baltic Sea Action Summit in Helsinki http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/10/148&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: DG Regional Policy: EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/cooperation/baltic/

European Commission: SPEECH/10/23: Johannes Hahn Commissioner for Regional Policy Working towards a greener and cleaner Baltic Sea region Baltic Sea Action Summit Helsinki, 10 th February 2010 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/10/23&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

BBC News, 10.2.10: Baltic Nord Stream gas pipeline safe, Putin says http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8507764.stm

ESO: Background information: The North-European Gas Pipeline (NEGP) http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-nord-stream/

ESO: Background information: Green activists urge EU to act on Nord Stream gas pipe http://www.europeansources.info/record/green-activists-urge-eu-to-act-on-nord-stream-gas-pipe/

ITAR-TASS, 10.2.10: Baltic should become region of sustainable development - Halonen http://www.itar-tass.com/en/

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