A service of the International Council of Environmental Law -toward sustainable development - (ICEL)

A service of the International Council of Environmental Law - toward sustainable development - (ICEL)



Monday, June 6, 2011

UNEP: Discussion on IEG Nairobi-Helsinki Outcome

UNEP held a discussion with representatives of UN member States and international organziations on the topic “International environmental governance in the context of the discussions on the institutional framework for sustainable development” on 3 June at UN/HQ.

The event was chaired by the Permanent Representatives of Spain and Uruguay and it was noted that the purpose of the meeting was to provide information and promote dialogue on the agreements of UNEP/GC-26 and to enable States to consider: options for strengthening the environmental dimension of sustainable development, and how they could contribute, therefore, to strengthen the Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development (IFSD), one of the themes of UNCSD (Rio+20).

Coverage from IISD

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