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millions of people across the planet celebrate World Environment Day- coming together at community, national and regional level to promote positive action on the most-pressin</p></div></div></div> <span class="text-muted">05 June 2014</span> </div> <ul class="links list-inline"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/web/20140823065528/http://www.cms.int/en/news/message-un-under-secretary-general-and-unep-executive-director-achim-steiner-occasion-world" rel="tag" title="Message by UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner on the Occasion of World Environment Day ">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Message by UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner on the Occasion of World Environment Day </span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div id="node-5343" class="node node-news node-teaser clearfix" 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