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RECENT KEY MEETINGS AND MEDIA REPORTS |
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Bakary
Kante,
Director
of
UNEP’s
Division
of
Environmental
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UNEP HOLDS SECOND MEETING ON
MEA COMPLIANCE, ENFORCEMENT
31 May to 2 June 2006 | Geneva, Switzerland
A second
High-Level Meeting on Compliance with and Enforcement of
Multilateral Environmental Agreements has been held. UNEP’s
Division of Environmental Conventions organized the event in an
effort to build on a process started at a previous meeting in
Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Geneva meeting considered the technical
aspects of compliance and enforcement and identified potential
legal, structural and institutional innovations that could
enhance MEA implementation. A Chair’s Summary from the meeting
will form the basis for an action plan that is likely to be
considered by UNEP’s Governing Council in 2007.
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FISH STOCKS AGREEMENT REVIEW
CONCLUDES
22-26 May 2006 | UN headquarters, New York
A meeting to review a UN agreement on straddling and
migratory fish stocks has been held in New York. The
Review Conference of the Agreement for the
Implementation of the Provisions of the UN
Convention on the Law of the Sea relating to the
Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish
Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks concluded
with a commitment to integrate ecosystem
considerations in fisheries management and to
develop a legally binding instrument on minimum
standards for port State measures and a
comprehensive global register of fishing vessels.
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AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT
MINISTERS DISCUSS FINANCING, WORK PROGRAMME
22-26 May 2006 | Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
The 11th regular session of the African Ministerial
Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) has been held,
with ministers discussing issues such as the
financing of environment programmes at the country
level, AMCEN’s work programme, and linkages between
AMCEN and the African Union Commission.
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David
Balton
of
the
US
was
elected
President
of
the
fish
stocks
review
conference |
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