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Delegates on second day of First Forum of Ministers and Environment Authorities of Asia Pacific |
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The First Forum of Ministers and Environment Authorities continued discussions on Wednesday morning. Oyun Sanjaasuren, UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) President and Chair of the Forum, invited delegates’ views on how a regional forum of environment agencies should evolve, and Kaveh Zahedi, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Director and Representative for Asia and the Pacific, outlined UNEP’s follow-up activities implementing the decisions of UNEA-1. Delegates identified priorities to be addressed at UNEA-2 and gave input to UNEP’s Medium-Term Strategy 2018-2021. They reviewed a Chair’s summary of the proceedings at the end of the session. Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director, said the UNEA is “the best opportunity” to gain global acknowledgement of regional issues at the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), the UN General Assembly, and the UN Security Council. Sanjaasuren said this is a “critical time, a critical generation” and noted the responsibility for those in the environmental field to be “part of the solution.” She declared the Forum closed at 1.05 pm. Delegates then attended the inaugural Asia Environmental Enforcement Award ceremony, where organizations and individuals were recognized for their work in combating wildlife crime and the illegal trade in ozone-depleting substances (ODS), chemicals and wastes. Two roundtables took place in the afternoon. Chief Justices and public prosecutors from the region participated in an Asia Pacific Roundtable on Environmental Rule of Law in Support to the Post-2015 Development Agenda, which discussed recent developments in the concepts and application of environmental rule of law, challenges and breakthroughs, and the fight against transboundary environmental crime in wildlife, chemicals and wastes. Meanwhile, development actors met at a UNEP Roundtable on Cooperation in the Pacific. |
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UNEP and the Freeland Foundation presented awards recognizing fourteen individuals and organizations for work in fighting wildlife crime and the illegal trade in ozone-depleting substances (ODS), chemicals and wastes. Organizations recognized for their work in tackling ODS, chemicals and wastes were: the Tonga Ministry of Revenue and Customs; the Nanjing Customs District in the People’s Republic of China; the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, India; and the Environmental Protection Unit, Enforcement and Security Service, Bureau of Customs, the Philippines. Individual winners in this category were: Nicomedes Petallo Enad of the Environment Protection Unit, Philippines Bureau of Customs; and Wang Liang of the World Customs Organization Regional Intelligence Liaison Office for Asia and the Pacific. Organization award winners in fighting wildlife crime were: the Anti-Money Laundering Office of Thailand; the Maritime Group of the Philippine National Police; and the Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team of the Cambodian Forestry Administration. Individual award winners in this category were: Osmundo Dupagan Salibo and Jonathan Viernes V. Ablang of the Maritime Group of the Philippine National Police; and Do Thanh Quang of the Tan Son Nhat International Airport Customs Branch, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. Organizations recognized for their work in both categories were: the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, India; the Environmental Protection Unit of the Philippines Bureau of Customs; and the World Customs Organization Regional Intelligence Liaison Office for Asia and the Pacific in Seoul, Korea. |
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