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Highlights for Monday, 4 March 2019 On Monday, the Open-Ended Committee of Permanent Representatives (OECPR) began discussions in Nairobi, Kenya, in preparation for the fourth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-4) the following week. OECPR Chair Francisca Ashietey-Odunton, Ghana, welcomed delegates, who then adopted the agenda and organization of work.In the morning, delegates considered a series of reports from the UNEP Secretariat, and discussed UNEP’s budget and programme performance, including implementation of previous UNEA resolutions. In the afternoon, plenary consultations took place on the ministerial declaration to be adopted at UNEA-4.Throughout the day, delegates convened in five working groups to begin negotiations on the proposed resolutions to be put forward at UNEA-4.Highlights of the day included deliberations and debates in plenary and in working groups on: possible action on marine litter and microplastics, drawing on programme reports from UNEP; the nature of links between deforestation and agricultural supply chains; the potential for global governance of geoengineering technologies; the scope for “clean mobility” in transport systems; and actions to promote sustainable coral reefs management. For more details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from OECPR-4 and UNEA-4, which is available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Plenary Session Chair Francisca Ashietey-Odunton, Ghana Joyce Msuya, Acting Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Julia Pataki, Romania Zerubabel Getachew, Ethiopia, and Rajesh Swami, India Ulf Björnholm, UNEP, and Marek Rohr-Garztecki, Poland Fernando Coimbra, Brazil, with Martin Gómez Bustillo, Argentina Ghita Luminita and Dorin-Octavian Corcheş, Romania Martin Gómez Bustillo, Argentina Zerubabel Getachew, Ethiopia Abdullah Tawlah, Saudi Arabia Claire Blanchard, NGOs Major Group Milorad Šćepanović, Montenegro, with Jorge Laguna-Celis, Secretary, Secretariat of Governing Bodies, UNEP Georgina Catacora-Vargas, Plurinational State of Bolivia Aire Rihe, Estonia Delegates conferring during lunch break Working Group 1 - Innovative Solutions for Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Consumption and Production Working Group 2 - Resource Efficiency, Chemicals and Waste Working Group 3 - Ecosystems and Biodiversity Management and Protection Working Group 4 - Environmental Governance Co-facilitator Agus Justianto, Indonesia Adam Maïga Zakariaou, Niger Working Group 5 - UNEP Programme of Work and Related Issues Co-facilitators Miriam Ott, Germany, and Marta Juárez Ruiz, Costa Rica Ulf Björnholm, UNEP, and Fernando Coimbra, Brazil Around the Venue