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UN applauds decision by oil firm to halt exploration in DR Congo national park

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UN News Centre

Publication Date
2014-06-13

12 June 2014 – The United Nations agency that advocates for the protection of irreplaceable natural and cultural resources today welcomed as “a step in the right direction” the decision of British oil company Soco to halt oil exploration in ecologically rich but endangered Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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