06/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - Friends of the Earth International called for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to be turned into the United Nations Environment Organisation. The appeal, backed by several governments including the French, was launched at the meeting of Environment Ministers of United Nations member countries on 29 to 31 March on the South Korean island of Jeju. The NGO believes the benefits of such a change would be that an organisation could supply fuller...