Welcome to the official page of the First Global Meeting of National Focal Points under the Fifth Programme for the Development and Periodic Review of Environmental Law!
During the First Global Meeting, national focal points will take decisions and provide guidance to UNEP on relevant institutional arrangements for the programme and identify priorities for implementation in the field of environmental rule of law. The event will consist of two sessions. The first session will be held online from 2-4 June 2021. The second session will be held in person in 2022 at a location and date to be determined
On this page, you will be able to download the core meeting documentation for both segments and find more information about the meeting's agenda, venue, and broadcast.
Please do not hesitate to write to us at unep-montevideo@un.org should you have any questions. We are looking forward to seeing you in June!
Note on COVID-19: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting initially scheduled for 23-25 March 2020 in Rio de Janeiro has been postponed. On 15 October 2020, the secretariat advised national focal points that it was actively monitoring the situation and would, if necessary, explore and propose holding the meeting virtually or in other possible formats to ensure the necessary institutional and implementation decisions for the Programme can be taken by national focal points. On 8 December 2020, the secretariat informed participants that it planned to organize and facilitate the First Global Meeting in ‘two segments’, first virtual, followed by an in-person event.
List of Meeting Documents
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UNEP/ENV.LAW/MTV5/GNFP.1/1 |
Provisional Agenda |
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UNEP/ENV.LAW/MTV5/GNFP.1/1/Add.1 |
Annotated Provisional Agenda |
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UNEP/ENV.LAW/MTV5/GNFP.1/2 |
Status of implementation, activities, and funding Report by the Secretariat |
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UNEP/ENV.LAW/MTV5/GNFP.1/3 |
National focal points Note by the Secretariat |
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UNEP/ENV.LAW/MTV5/GNFP.1/4 |
Priority areas for implementation |
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UNEP/ENV.LAW/MTV5/GNFP.1/5 |
Draft modalities of work for the steering committee for implementation Note by the Secretariat |
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| Compilation of comments on the draft modalities of work for the steering committee for implementation NEW | EN | |
| Co-chairs' proposal - Draft modalities of work for the steering committee for implementation NEW | EN | |
| Draft modalities of work for the steering committee for implementation - Advance unedited version (as adopted) NEW | EN |
Supporting Documents
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Information note for meeting participants Note by the Secretariat |
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Delivering for People and the Planet: Fifth Montevideo Programme for the Development and Periodic Review of Environmental Law |
First Global Meeting of National Focal Points
Online Session
The online session will be held from 2-4 June 2021 (3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Nairobi time, UTC + 3). The annotated provisional agenda, including the organization of work for the meeting is available here.
In-Person Session
The in-person session will be held over three full days in early 2022, with a date to be announced once there is clarity on when an in-person meeting is viable.
Stay tuned for more updates!
Venue
Online Session
The first session will be held online from 2-4 June 2021 (3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Nairobi time, UTC + 3) through Interprefy. The access links were shared with participants by e-mail. Please note that the secretariat will offer voluntary training for participants on the use of the platform, with three available sessions from 24 to 26 May 2021. The times and connection details for these voluntary training sessions will be circulated shortly.
For your reference, please download here a factsheet with the technical requirements to use Intereprefy: AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH.
In-Person Session
The dates and venue of the in-person session will be announced once there is clarity on when an in-person meeting is viable. Please check this page regularly for updates.