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Delegates waiting for the Opening Plenary to begin in the main meeting hall

Representatives of Youth Organizations highlighted a new youth advisory council for UNEP and called for youth involvement in legislation of environmental laws and for strengthened support of the UNEP youth programme.

Francis Nyenze, Kenyan Minister for Environment and Conservation, expressed gratitude for UNEP's support for Africa. He supported UNEP's activities related to: emergency response capacity; early warning assessment; coordination of environmental policy instruments; protection of water resources; and technology transfer, and requested adequate, stable and predictable funding for UNEP.

The Plenary elected the Bureau for the GC's 20th session President László Mikló (Slovak Republic).
Hossein Fadaei (Iran) was elected Rappoteur

Dr. Töpfer delivered the policy statement of the Executive Director. He noted the impacts of the recent economic and financial shocks in Southeast Asia and Latin America on the global environmental agenda, and reiterated that economic dynamics should not result in long-term reversal of environment policy or the belief that environmental protection is dispensable.

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