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Showing 1 - 9 of 20 results|Video2023Video example of election of Bureau members by secret ballot at the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-2).
المناقشات:الإدارة البيئيةالكلمات المفتاحية:Secret ballot, Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, International AgreementRemote video URLالصورة
|IISD/ENB summary meeting report20232023 Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COPs)
Beyond addressing resource mobilization and the illegal traffic of hazardous chemicals and wastes, delegates tried to effectiveness challenges under the Rotterdam Convention, listed new persistent organic pollutants and adopted a compliance mechanism under the Stockholm Convention, and tackled guidelines on
MEAs:Rotterdam Convention,Stockholm Convention,اتفاقية بازلالمناقشات:الإدارة البيئية,المواد الكيميائية والنفاياتالكلمات المفتاحية:Hazardous wastes, Wastes, Persistent Organic Pollutants, Listing|Case studies2023Decision-Making by Consensus
Examples highlighting how decision-making by consensus is not always straightforward, including a video of the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastic pollution (INC-2) showing the Chair's response to a number of points of order raised on thisMEAs:United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Changeالمناقشات:الإدارة البيئيةالكلمات المفتاحية:Consensus, Voting, Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, Formal objectionالصورة
|Case studies2023Elections by Secret Ballot
Includes examples of provisions on elections by secret ballot and video example of election by secret ballot at the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution (INC-2).MEAs:United Nations Environment Assembly,Convention on Migratory Species,Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Floraالمناقشات:الإدارة البيئيةالكلمات المفتاحية:Secret ballot, Voting, Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, International Agreementالصورة
|Presentation2022CARICOM Key Principles of Negotiation Training Slides
Training presentation on key principles of MEA negotiation provided by CARICOM to prepare regional negotiators for CBD COP 15.MEAs:الاتفاقية المتعلقة بالتنوع البيولوجيالمناقشات:لتنوع البيولوجي,الإدارة البيئيةالكلمات المفتاحية:Binding, Caribbean Community and Common Market, Coalitions, Working group, Resolution, Point of order, African Group of Negotiators, Conference Room Paper, Least Developed Countries, Principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, Consensusالصورة
|IISD/ENB summary meeting report20225th Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the BBNJ
Despite more progress at this two-week session than over the last decade, delegates were unable to reach consensus on a new high seas treaty addressing marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction and, instead, suspended the session, to be resumed
MEAs:Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdictionالمناقشات:لتنوع البيولوجي,البحار والمياه العذبةالكلمات المفتاحية:Biological diversity, Sustainable use, Regional groups, Consensus, International Agreement, United Nations General Assembly, Environmental Impact Assessment, In situ, Capacity building, Small Island Developing States, Strategic environmental assessment, Mutually Agreed Terms, Traditional Knowledge, World Trade Organization, Precautionary principle, Package deal, Indigenous peoples, Intellectual property rights, World Intellectual Property Organization, Assessed contribution|Manual2022Managing Processes within the Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity: A Guide for Presiding Officers
MEAs:الاتفاقية المتعلقة بالتنوع البيولوجيالمناقشات:لتنوع البيولوجيالكلمات المفتاحية:Voting, Working group, Biosafety Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Subsidiary body, Point of order, Amendment, Amendment, Consensus, Negotiating blocs, Secret ballot, Formal objection, Information document, Subsidiary Body for Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, Financial rules, Compliance Committee, Non-governmental organizations, Small Island Developing States, Subsidiary Body for Implementationالصورة
|E-learning course2022Online Negotiations
As COVID-19 restrictions made in-person meetings impossible, many United Nations and Multilateral Environmental Agreement (MEA) meetings have moved to a virtual format. This course takes a closer look at how these negotiation processes are dealt with in a virtual context.المناقشات:الإدارة البيئيةالكلمات المفتاحية:Biosafety Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity, COVID-19 pandemic, Meetings, Compliance Committee, Voting, Subsidiary body, Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management, Biosafety, Compliance, Consensus, Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol, Standing Committee, Non-governmental organizations, Regional groups, Economic Commission for Europe, Least Developed Countriesالصورة
|Presentation2021UNEP Training Presentation on Virtual Negotiations
Virtual MEA negotiations training provided by UNEP at the 17th Course on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (University of Eastern Finland – UNEP).المناقشات:الإدارة البيئيةالكلمات المفتاحية:Meetings, United Nations Environment Programme, Voting, Subsidiary body, Consensus, Standing Committee, Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management, United Nations General Assembly, Complianceالصورة
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