| [25 Jun 1997]: PRESS CONFERENCE BY MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT OF NORWAY (813 words) |
 | Minister Berntsen and a representative of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Lars Erik Liljelund, briefed correspondents on action being taken to protect the environment in the Arctic region. |
| The Ministers had agreed that special attention had to be given to the impact of contaminants on human health and to the need to identify and inform on the impacts of contaminants on human beings and on animals. |
| Minister Berntsen agreed that the most important instruments were the international protocols by which the countries would commit themselves to reducing the use of persistent organic pesticides and heavy metals in their own countries. |
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