UNEP GC/GMEF 11th Special Session and Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions ExCOPs DeBriefing

The eleventh special session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC/GMEF) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) took place in Bali, Indonesia, from 24 to 26 February 2010. The simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions were held prior to the eleventh special session, on 22 and 23 February, with a resumed decision making session on the morning of 24 February.

A briefing on the outcome and the decisions taken at UNEP GC/GMEF Special Session and the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions ExCOPs took place at the International Environment House on 4 March 2010.

Agenda

9:45
Coffee & Tea

10:00
Welcome and introduction
GC/GMEF overall outcome and Nusa Dua Declaration
Other events in Bali (GMGSF, Sasakawa Prize, CC, IPCC, Ministerila Breakfast on CSD)
Christophe Bouvier, Director and Regional Representative, UNEP

10:10
Eleventh special session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC/GMEF)

Ministerial Consultations
International Environmental Governance: Ivar Baste, Director, Environment Management Group Secretariat; Tadanori Inomata, JIU
Green Economy: Steven Stone, Chief, Economics and Trade Branch, UNEP/DTIE
Biodiversity and Ecosystems: Christophe Bouvier, Director and Regional Representative, UNEP

Decisions adopted in Bali
Gaetano Leone, Regional Deputy Director and Secretary of the Committee of the Whole, UNEP
Barbara Ruis, Legal Officer, UNEP Regional Office for Europe

11:10
Simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (ExCOPs)
Katharina Kummer Peiry, Executive Secretary, Basel Convention
Donald Cooper, Co-Executive Secretary, Rotterdam Convention and Executive Secretary, Stockholm Convention

11:50
Question-and-answer session

12:30
End

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