The Co-Chairs of the Working Group, Francisco António Duarte Lopes, Permanent Representative of Portugal, and Amal Mudallali, Permanent Representative of Lebanon.
The second substantive session of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group towards a Global Pact for the Environment (OEWG) will take place at the United Nations Office at Nairobi, Kenya, from 18-20 March 2019.
The provisional agenda for the second substantive session of the OEWG includes:
- consideration of financing of the activities of the working group;
- a discussion of possible options to address possible gaps in international environmental law; and
- consideration of the provisional agenda for the third substantive session.
Regional and political groups are expected to convene informally on Sunday, 17 March.
The Co-Chairs of the Working Group, Francisco António Duarte Lopes, Permanent Representative of Portugal, and Amal Mudallali, Permanent Representative of Lebanon, expect that discussions at this session will focus on a discussion of possible options to address possible gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments. They invited delegations to make submissions during the intersessional period.
The OEWG was established in May 2018 by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in resolution 72/277, to consider a technical and evidence-based report by the United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) (A/73/419) identifying and assessing possible gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments with a view to strengthening their implementation. The resolution also recommends, if necessary, consideration of the scope, parameters, and feasibility of an international instrument, with a view to making recommendations that may include the convening of an intergovernmental conference to adopt an international instrument. The conceptual origins of the proposal can be found in a 2015 report by the Environmental Commission of Le Club des Juristes (CDJ), “Increasing the Effectiveness of International Environmental Law: Duties of States, Rights of Individuals.”
The first substantive session took place in January 2019. See the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) summary and analysis for more details.
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