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Ninth Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GMEF)
7-9 February 2006 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates
International Conference on Chemicals Management
4-6 February 2006 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
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Earth Negotiations
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Photo Page
Additional photos that may be used with appropriate citation
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Photo: Klaus Toepfer and
Shafqat Kakakhel after the closure of Toepfer's last meeting as Executive Director of UNEP
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Review of the Chairman's Summary in morning plenary |
| Arab Hoballah, UNEP, Malik Amin Aslam, Minister of the Environment, Pakistan, and Mark Radka, UNEP |
Malik Amin Aslam, Minister of the Environment, Pakistan, moderated the morning session (left) and UNEP Executive Director Klaus Toepfer
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The UK (left) stressed the need for a forward-looking document to forward to the CSD, and urged a focus on sustainable tourism, rather than only on ecotourism. Right photo: John Cristensen, UNEP, Steve Sawyer, Greenpeace, and Mark Radka, UNEP |
| GC President
Rachmat Witoelar
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| John Matuzsak and Claudia McMurray, US |
| Speaking on behalf of NGOs, Susan Brown, WWF (right) ,
said IEG discussions must address issues of, among other things, coherence, harmonization, compliance, capacity building and transparency. |
| Karstnn Sach, Germany, speaking in the final plenary to wish Klaus Toepfer well |
Rapporteur Donald Cooper, Bahamas, presents the report of the meeting |
| Standing ovation for Klaus Toepfer |
| In his closing statement, Klaus Toepfer, spoke of his years at UNEP and in Kenya, and stressed the importance of tolerance and understanding between cultures. |
| Achim Steiner, Director-General, IUCN, spoke on sustainable tourism and the environment (left) and with Klaus Toepfer (center) |
| Press Conference with the GC President and Klaus Toepfer |
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Relevant links:
Pre-session events and Parallel Events
ENB coverage of relevant and preparatory meetings:
ENB coverage of the 23rd Session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum, Nairobi Kenya, 2005
Eighth Special Session of GC and the Fifth Global Ministerial Environment Forum, Jeju, South Korea, 2004 ENB coverage of UNEP's Intergovernmental Strategic Plan for Technology Support and Capacity Building:
- ISP-3 Bali, Indonesia, 2-4 December, 2004
- ISP-2 Nairobi, Kenya, 2-4 September, 2004
- ISP-1 New York, US 25 June, 2004
ENB Coverage of the process for the Further Development of a Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM):
- SAICM PrepCom3, Vienna, Austria, 19-24 September, 2005
- SAICM PrepCom2, Nairobi, Kenya, 4-8 October
- SAICM PrepCom1, Bangkok, Thailand, 9-13 November, 2003
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