United Nations General Assembly 61st session
President

Environmental Governance

This page is dedicated to the work of the 61st President of the General Assembly with respect to the UN Reform Follow-Up Processes in the area of Environmental Governance.

Co-Chairs
H.E. Mr. Claude Heller Rouassant of Mexico
H.E. Mr. Peter Maurer of Switzerland

• CO-CHAIRS' OPTION PAPER: INFORMAL CONSULTATIVE PROCESS ON THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE UNITED NATIONS' ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES [PDF]
  14 JUNE 2007
  
  
• STATEMENT BY AHMED DJOGHLAF, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY TO THE EXPERT PANEL ON INTERNATIONAL ENVRIONMENTAL GOVERNANCE [PDF]
  1 MAY 2007
  
  
• TALKING POINTS OF THE CO-CHAIRS AT THE GLOBAL MINISTERIAL ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM. NAIROBI, KENYA. [PDF]
  FEBRUARY 2007
  
  
• VISIT TO NAIROBI AND PARIS, DEBRIEFING [PDF]
  15 FEBRUARY 2007
  
  
• STATEMENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE PARIS CONFERENCE FOR GLOBAL ECOLOGICAL GOVERNANCE
  2 FEBRUARY 2007
  
  
• INTRODUCTORY TALKING POINTS TO THE SECOND ROUND OF CONSULTATIONS ON THE ISSUE OF THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE UN'S ENVIRONMENTAL WORK [PDF]
  18 JANUARY 2007
  
  

STATEMENTS DURING THE INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS IN JANUARY 2007

• AUSTRALIA: STATEMENT [PDF]
  
  
• CHINA: STATEMENT [PDF]
  
  
• CROATIA: RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE OF THE CO-CHAIRS [PDF]
  
  
• CUBA: RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE OF THE CO-CHAIRS [PDF]
  
  
• EGYPT: STATEMENT [PDF]
  
  
• EUROPEAN UNION [PDF]
  
  
• EU CONTRIBUTION TO CO-CHAIRS - INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE: NEXT STEPS [PDF]
  20 APRIL 2007
  
  
• G77 and CHINA: STATEMENT [PDF]
  
  
• G77 and CHINA: STATEMENT [PDF]
  
  
• IRAN: STATEMENT [PDF]
  
  
• JAPAN: STATEMENT [PDF]
  
  
• MALAYSIA: STATEMENT [PDF]
  
  
• MEXICO: STATEMENT [PDF]
  
  
• MONGOLIA: RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE OF THE CO-CHAIRS [PDF]
  
  
• MORROCCO: STATEMENT [PDF]
  
  
• NEW ZEALAND: STATEMENT [PDF]
  
  
• NORWAY: STATEMENT [PDF]
  
  
• PHLLIPINES: RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE OF THE CO-CHAIRS [PDF]
  
  
• RUSSIA: STATEMENT [PDF]
  
  
• SWITZERLAND: STATEMENT [PDF]
  
  
• UNITED STATES: RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE OF THE CO-CHAIRS [PDF]
  
  

LETTERS

• LETTER FROM H.E. HAYA RASHED AL KHALIFA TO ALL PERMANENT MISSIONS AND OBSERVERS [PDF] Regarding the Options Paper of the Co-Chairs of the informal consultative process on International Environmental Governance.
  22 JUNE 2007
  
  
• LETTER FROM H.E. HAYA RASHED AL KHALIFA TO ALL PERMANENT MISSIONS AND OBSERVERS [PDF] Regarding a thematic debate on "Climate Change as a global challenge" and LETTER REQUESTING A THEMATIC DEBATE FROM REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ASEAN NEW YORK COMMITTEE AND THE EUROPEAN UNION [PDF].
  24 MAY 2007
  
  
• LETTER FROM THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON ENVIRONMENT [PDF]
  5 MARCH 2007
  
  
• LETTER FROM THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON ENVIRONMENT [PDF]
  22 NOVEMBER 2006
  
  
• LETTER BY JAN ELIASSON, PRESIDENT OF THE 60TH SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTAINING THE CO-CHAIRS' SUMMARY OF THE INFORMAL CONSULTATIVE PROCESS ON THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE UN'S ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES [PDF]
  6 JULY 2006
  
  
• LETTER FROM THE HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON UN SYSTEM-WIDE COHERENCE [PDF]
  12 JUNE 2006
  
  
• LETTER FROM THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON ENVIRONMENT [PDF]
  31 MAY 2006
  
  
• LETTER FROM THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON ENVIRONMENT [PDF]
  24 MAY 2006
  
  
• LETTER FROM THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON ENVIRONMENT [PDF]
  20 MARCH 2006
  
  
• LETTER FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF FRANCE ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [PDF]
  1 FEBRUARY 2006
  
  
• LETTER FROM JAN ELIASSON, PRESIDENT OF THE 60TH SESSION [PDF]
  26 JANUARY 2006
  
  

REPORTS

• UN REFORM - IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT PILLAR [PDF]
  4 MAY 2006
  
  
• INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE - REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [PDF]
  4 APRIL 2001
  
  
• ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS - REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL (A/53/463) [PDF]
  6 OCTOBER 1998



• BASIC INFORMATION ON SECRETARIATS OF MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS - MISSION, STRUCTURE, FINANCING AND GOVERNANCE [PDF]

OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

• PRESIDENT'S SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSIONS BY MINISTERS AND HEADS OF DELEGATION AT THE TWENTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL/GLOBAL MINISTERIAL ENVIRONMENT FORUM OF THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME [PDF]
  5-9 FEBRUARY 2007
  
  
• RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 60/189. REPORT OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME ON ITS TWENTY-THIRD SESSION (A/RES/60/189) [PDF]
  9 FEBRUARY 2006
  
  
• RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 59/226. REPORT OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME ON ITS EIGHTH SPECIAL SESSION (A/RES/59/226) [PDF]
  14 FEBRUARY 2005
  
  
• RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 58/209. REPORT OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME ON ITS TWENTY-SECOND SESSION (A/RES/58/209) [PDF]
  13 FEBRUARY 2004
  
  
• RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 57/251. REPORT ON THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME ON ITS SEVENTH SPECIAL SESSION (A/RES/57/251) [PDF]
  21 FEBRUARY 2003
  
  
• INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE - NOTE BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL (A/CONF.199/PC/3) [PDF]
  22 MARCH 2002
  
  
• RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 55/189. ENHANCING COMPLEMENTARITIES AMONG INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS RELATED TO ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (A/RES/55/198) [PDF]
  1 FEBRUARY 2001
  
  
• RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 53/242. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS (A/53/L.78) [PDF]
  10 AUGUST 1999
  
  
• RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 53/187. REPORT OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (A/RES/53/187) [PDF]
  12 FEBRUARY 1999
  
  
• RESOLUTIONS ON INSTITUTIONAL AND FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION [PDF]
  15 DECEMBER 1972