Word: unepic
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...where the chemical wastes of thousands of factories are flushed directly into the sea or carried there by major rivers. The chances of getting all 18 countries that border the Mediterranean to agree on methods of controlling pollution seemed remote. But five years ago, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) decided to try. Last week at a conference in Athens that climaxed a remarkable feat of scientific diplomacy, the U.N. team won the approval of all but one of the Mediterranean nations (xenophobic Albania) for a treaty outlining ways to clean...