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Twenty-seventh session of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC27/GMEF)
18-22 February 2013 | UN Office, Nairobi, Kenya
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Highlights from Friday, 22 February
On Friday, delegates convened in the COW to complete their work and approve outstanding decisions. The closing GC27/GMEF plenary took place in the evening when the President’s Summary on the outcome of ministerial consultations was introduced. Delegates adopted 14 decisions on, inter alia: IPBES; coordination across the UN system, including the EMG; oceans; sustainable consumption and production; green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication; advancing justice, governance and law; state of the environment; and chemicals and wastes.
The GC also adopted a decision on institutional arrangements that, inter alia,
recommends the UN General Assembly rename the Council "UN Environment Assembly of UNEP," and provides that the UN Environment Assembly "will ensure" the active participation of all relevant stakeholders and explore new mechanisms for promoting the effective engagement of civil society in its work, by developing by 2014 a process for stakeholder accreditation and participation.
GC/GMEF President Hassan Abdel Hilal, Sudan, gaveled the meeting to a close at 21:24. |
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Closing press conference with announcements on the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) and host country of World Environment Day 2013 (l-r): Tulga Buya Vice-Minister of Environment and Green Development, Mongolia, Hassan Abdel Hilal, GC President, UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner, UNFCCC Executive Director Christiana Figueres, and Nick Nuttall, Director of Communications and Spokesperson, UNEP |
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A view of the room during the closing plenary |
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| Kehkashan Basu, a Children and Youth representative from the United Arab Emirates |
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| Hassan Hilal, GC President, giving his closing statement |
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| The US delegation consulting |
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| Dan Reifsnyder, US, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner |
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| Jiri Hlavacek, Division of Regional Cooperation, UNEP,
Marco Gonzalez, Executive Secretary of the UNEP Ozone Secretariat, and
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres |
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Commitee of the Whole and Groups |
Amb. Kamau Macharia, Kenya, intervening in the working group on institutional arrangements |
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| Delegates from the EU during the working group on institutional arrangements |
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| COW Chair Idunn Eidheim, Norway (right) with Argentina |
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| Jamil Ahmad, GC Secretary, and Jorge Laguna-Celis, Mexico |
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| Delegates during the working group on institutional arrangements |
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A view of the room during the working group on institutional arrangements |
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Journalists during the closing press conference |
Reception, hosted by Switzerland, Japan and Uruguay, to celebrate the successful conclusion of the negotiations on the Minamata Convention on Mercury |
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| Franz Perrez, Swiss Ambassador for Environment,
Ryutaro Yatsu, Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, Japan, Francisco Beltrame, Uruguay's Housing, Territory and Environment Minister, and Fernando Lugris, Mercury INC Chair, and Special Representative for Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Uruguay |
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| A toast to a successful conclusion of the mercury negotiations |
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Meeting resources
 Meeting website
Provisional agenda
Provisional timetable
Working documents
Information documents
Programme for ministerial consultations
UN General Assembly Resolution on Strengthening UNEP’s Role in Addressing Global Environmental Challenges
Information for participants
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