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First UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) of the
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

23-27 June 2014, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

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Highlights for Thursday, 26 June 2014
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Executive Director of UNEP, Achim Steiner, poses for a photo with President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, Prince Albert II of Monaco, and ministers, heads of delegation and UN executive officers at UNEA's high level segment
The High-Level Segment (HLS) of UNEA opened on Thursday morning. At lunchtime a briefing was held on the two themes of the HLS. In the afternoon the ministerial plenary on the SDGs and post-2015 development agenda, including SCP, convened. Contact groups convened throughout the day.
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Renowned Senegalese musician, Baaba Maal, performs at the opening ceremony
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UNEA President Oyun Sanjaasuren welcoming delegates to the opening ceremony of the high level segment
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Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UNEP
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John Ashe, President, 68th UN General Assembly
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Prince Albert II of Monaco, Chairman of the International Olympic Committee Sport and Environment Commission
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Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya
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Sahle-Work Zewde, Director-General, UNON, and Vincent Sweeney, UNEP
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Kenyan world champion marathon runner, Tegla Loroupe takes notes during session
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Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator, addressing the high level panel
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Erik Solheim, Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC), moderating afternoon ministerial plenary
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Henri Djombo, Minister of Forestry Economy and Sustainable Development, Republic of Congo
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América Rivera, Vice Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, Cuba
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Kirsten Brosbøl, Minister for the Environment, Denmark
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Ibrahim Thiaw, UNEP Deputy Executive Director and Assistant Secretary-General of the UN, Erik Solheim, Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee, Oyun Sanjaasuren, President, UNEA, and Jiří Hlaváček, Secretary of Governing Bodies, UNEP
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Isis Alvarez, Major Group Women
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Fiona Nyangoma, Major Group Children and Youth
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Enrique Lendo, Mexico
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Jochen Flasbarth, Germany
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Director-General of the World Wildlife Fund, Marco Lambertini, moderates Ministerial Dialogue on Illegal Trade in Wildlife
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Dan Rogerson, UK
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Delegates walking to the VIP Lounge for bilateral discussions

 

Other Activities
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L-R: Macharia Kamau, Kenya, Amina Mohammed, UN, Christian Nellemann, UNEP, John Scanlon, CITES, and Aldo Lale-Demoz, UNODC
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John Ashe, President of UNGA, greeting participants
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Amina Mohammed, UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning
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Wolfgang Burhenne, IUCN, with Kimo Goree, IISD RS
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Avni Aksoy, Ambassador of Turkey, and Jamil Ahmad, UNEP


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Assembly Resources

*Assembly Website

*Assembly Scenario Note

*Assembly Annotated Agenda

*Assembly Full Schedule

*Assembly Organization

*Assembly Documents

*High-level Segment Ministerial Plenary: The Post-2015 Development Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals including Sustainable Consumption and Production

*High-level Segment Ministerial Dialogue on Illegal Trade in Wildlife

*Symposium on Environmental Rule of Law

*Symposium on Financing a Green Economy

*Gender Forum


IISD RS resources

*IISD RS coverage of the First meeting of the UNEP Open-Ended Committee of Permanent Representatives (OECPR), 24-28 March 2014, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

bulletIISD RS coverage of the Twenty-seventh Session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC27/GMEF), 18-22 February 2013, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

bulletIISD RS coverage of the Twelfth Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council (GCSS-12/GMEF), 20-22 February 2012, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

*IISD RS archive of sustainable development meetings

*SDG - A mailing list for news on sustainable development policy

*Sustainable Development Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of International Activities Preparing for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development

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