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Fifteen session of the Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum (GMGSF-15)

21-27 June 2014, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

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First UNEA to UNEPThe First UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) will convene in Nairobi, Kenya, from 23-27 June 2014. The UNEA of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) represents the highest level of governance of international environmental affairs in the UN system.

Rio+20 agreed in June 2012 to strengthen and upgrade UNEP through measures including universal membership of its Governing Council and ensuring the active participation of all relevant stakeholders. In March 2013, the 67th session of the UN General Assembly changed the designation of the Governing Council of UNEP to become UNEA, reflecting the intention to elevate its status. The Committee of Permanent Representatives to UNEP met in Nairobi from 24-28 March 2014 to prepare the agenda for the first session of the UNEA and provide advice on policy matters.

Over 1,200 participants and 170 national delegations will take part in the first UNEA, including 80 ministers and many senior officials and heads of international organizations.

More than 40 events will take place, including discussions on: air quality in African cities; sustainable consumption and production; sound management of chemicals and waste; illegal trade in wildlife; and green and decent jobs.

A Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum (GMGSF) will take place from 21-22 June, where participants will prepare input to the main themes of the UNEA, and discuss UNEP’s draft stakeholder engagement policy.

IISD RS through its publication Eearth Negotiations Bulletin on the Side (ENBOTS) will provide coverage of selected side events at UNEA-1 from 23 to 27 June 2014. In addition, IISD RS will provide a special edition of ENBOTS during the Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum (GMGSF). Kindly return to this site on Saturday, 21 June 2014, for coverage of GMGSF, after which there will be daily coverage of selected side events from UNEA-1, from 23-27 June 2014, from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Related Links
UNEA-1 General Resources

*Assembly Website

*GMGSF-15 Website

*GMGSF-15 Agenda

*Statements and Recommendations by Major Groups and Stakeholders to UNEA-1

*GMGSF Previous Sessions

*GMGSF Website

*UNEA-1 Full Schedule

*UNEA-1 Scenario Note

*UNEA-1 Annotated Agenda

*UNEA-1 Organization

*UNEA-1 Documents

*High-level Segment Ministerial Plenary: The Post-2015 Development Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals including Sustainable Consumption and Production

*High-level Segment Ministerial Dialogue on Illegal Trade in Wildlife

*Symposium on Environmental Rule of Law

*Symposium on Financing a Green Economy

*Gender Forum


IISD RS Resources

*IISD RS coverage of the First meeting of the UNEP Open-Ended Committee of Permanent Representatives (OECPR), 24-28 March 2014, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

bulletIISD RS coverage of the Twenty-seventh Session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC27/GMEF), 18-22 February 2013, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

bulletIISD RS briefing note of GMGSF-14, 16-17 February 2013, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya (HTML - PDF)

bulletIISD RS coverage of the Twelfth Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council (GCSS-12/GMEF), 20-22 February 2012, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

*IISD RS archive of sustainable development meetings

*IISD RS summary report of GMGSF-13, 18-19 February 2012, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya (HTML - PDF)

*SDG - A mailing list for news on sustainable development policy

*Sustainable Development Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of International Activities Preparing for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development

*SDG - A mailing list focused on internationally-relevant activities related to setting the post-2015 development agenda

*Sustainable Development Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Post-2015 Development Agenda Activities

*Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news
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