Main Issues
Environmental Governance
This page contains relevant information 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
STATEMENTS DURING AFTER THE INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS IN OCTOBER 2007
- STATEMENT ON IEG BY GROUP 77 [PDF]
- STATEMENT ON IEG BY EU (LONG) [PDF]
- STATEMENT ON IEG BY EU (SHORT) [PDF]
- STATEMENT ON IEG BY US [PDF]
- STATEMENT ON IEG BY AUSTRALIA [PDF]
- STATEMENT ON IEG BY CHINA [PDF]
- STATEMENT ON IEG BY CUBA [PDF]
- STATEMENT ON IEG BY IRAN [PDF]
- STATEMENT ON IEG BY MEXICO (SHORT) [PDF]
- STATEMENT ON IEG BY MEXICO (SPANISH) [PDF]
- STATEMENT ON IEG BY NEW ZEALAND [PDF]
- STATEMENT ON IEG BY REPUBLIC OF KOREA [PDF]
- STATEMENT ON IEG BY EMG [PDF]
- STATEMENT ON IEG BY IUCN [PDF]
- STATEMENT ON IEG BY CIVIL SOCIETY [PDF]
CO-CHAIRS AND EXPERT STATEMENTS
- TALKING POINT ON THE DRAFT RESOLUTION BY THE CO-CHAIRS [PDF]
23 July 2008
- REVISED DRAFT RESOLUTION ON “STRENGTHENING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM” [ PDF]
23 July 2008
- DRAFT RESOLUTION ON "STRENGTHENING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM" [PDF]
2 MAY 2008
- TALKING POINTS PRESENTATION DRAFT RESOLUTION ON IEG [PDF]
2 MAY 2008
- ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCING: A UNDP PERSPECTIVE [PPT PRESENTATION]
17 MARCH 2008 - ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCING: A UNDP PERSPECTIVE [PDF]
17 MARCH 2008 - GEF: PARTNERING TO MEET CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGES [PDF]
17 MARCH 2008
- CO-CHAIRS OPTION PAPER IN PARTICULAR ON BUILDING BLOCK 3 AS WELL AS ON THE BROADER TRANSFORMATION OF THE UN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM.[PDF]
31JANUARY 2008
- CO-CHAIRS' OPTION PAPER: INFORMAL CONSULTATIVE PROCESS ON THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE UNITED NATIONS' ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES [PDF]
14 JUNE 2007 - PROCESSUS CONSULTATIF INFORMEL SUR LE CADRE INSTITUTIONNEL DES ACTIVITÉS DES NATIONS UNIES EN MATIÈRE D'ENVIRONNEMENT [PDF]
14 JUNE 2007
- STATEMENT BY AHMED DJOGHLAF, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY TO THE EXPERT PANEL ON INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL 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
FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFT RESOLUTION
- Comments of the European Union [PDF]
- G77 and China View Points/ Comments [PDF]
- Comments of the Switzerland [PDF]
- Comments of the Mexico [PDF]
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]
- 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 THE BASEL CONVENTION [PDF]
12 FEBRUARY 2008
- LETTER FROM THE ROTTERDAM CONVENTION [PDF]
31 JANUARY 2008
- LETTER FROM THE SECRETARIAT OF THE CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION OF THE INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON ENVIRONMENT [PDF]
17 JANUARY 2008
- LETTER FROM H.E. SRGJAN KERIM TO ALL PERMANENT MISSIONS AND OBSERVERS REGARDING FACILITATORS ON INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE [PDF].
4 OCTOBER 2007 - LETTER FROM H.E. HAYA RASHED AL KHALIFA TO ALL PERMANENT MISSIONS AND OBSERVERS REGARDING THE OPTIONS PAPER OF THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE INFORMAL CONSULTATIVE PROCESS ON INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE [PDF].
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
- REPORT OF THE AD HOC JOINT WORKING GROUP ON ENHANCING COOPERATION AND COORDINATION AMONG THE BASEL, ROTTERDAM AND STOCKHOLM CONVENTIONS ON THE WORK OF ITS SECOND MEETING [PDF]
8 JANUARY 2008
- 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