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On Wednesday morning delegates convened in the COW, and for a ministerial moderated plenary discussion on Rio+20 and beyond: responding to the challenges. The closing GCSS-12/GMEF plenary took place in the afternoon when the President’s Summary on the outcome of ministerial consultations was introduced. Delegates adopted seven decisions on: accounting, financial and administrative arrangements between UNEP and the MEAs; enhancing cooperation and coordination with the chemicals and wastes cluster; a consultative process on financing options for chemicals and wastes; the world environment situation; IEG; sustainable consumption and production; and the UNEP 40th Anniversary Ministerial Statement. GC/GMEF President Federico Ramos de Armas, (Spain), graveled the meeting to a close at 7:25pm.
ENB Summary of the meeting in English and French will be available on Saturday, 25 February (in HTML and in PDF format).
GCSS-12 closing plenary observed a minute of silence in honor of the passing of John Njoroge Michuki, Minister for Environment and Natural Resources, Kenya.
L-R: Christine von Weizsäcker, ECOROPA; Sacha Gabizon, Women in Europe for Our Common Future; and Judith Carreras, SustainLabor
Harriet Nduma, Kenya
Barkha Mossae, Children and Youth representative
Amb Konrad Paulsen, Chile
Delegates from Brazil
L-R: Jacob Duer, UNEP, in a conversation with Anette Ejersted, Denmark.
Federico Ramos de Armas, (Spain), President of the GC, gaveled the meeting to a close at 7:25pm.
L-R: Amina Mohamed, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP; László Borbély, COW Chair, Romania; Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UNEP; Federico Ramos de Armas, (Spain), President of the GC; Jamil Ahmad, Secretary, GC; and GC Rapporteur Ana Paula Chichava, Minister for Environment, Mozambique
On Tuesday, delegates convened for ministerial consultations in plenary in the morning and afternoon. Five parallel ministerial round-table discussions on the theme “green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication” also took place in the morning. In the afternoon the roundtable discussions focused on IFSD. The COW as well as drafting groups convened throughout the day.
ENB Summary of the meeting in English and French will be available on Saturday, 25 February (in HTML and in PDF format).
Degates at the 12th Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Environment Ministerial Forum (GCSS-12/GMEF) convened in the morning for the opening ceremony, followed by consideration of organizational matters and policy statements. In the afternoon, delegates convened for ministerial consultations in a symposium on “ environmental change and global responses in 2012.” The Committee of the Whole (COW) also met in the afternoon.
ENB Summary of the meeting in English and French will be available on Saturday, 25 February (in HTML and in PDF format).
Twelfth Special Session of the Governing Council/ Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GCSS-12/GMEF) of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) 
ENB Summary of the meeting in English and French will be available on Saturday, 25 February (in 
