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Showing 1 - 6 of 6 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).
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|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 FloraTopics:Environmental GovernanceImage
|Manual2022Managing Processes within the Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity: A Guide for Presiding Officers
MEAs:Convention on Biological DiversityTopics:Biological diversityImage
|IISD/ENB summary meeting report20193rd Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP3)
The third meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP3) to the Minamata Convention on Mercury focused on achieving the smooth functioning of an international treaty body as well as substantive and technical issues aimed at fostering action to address
MEAs:Minamata Convention on MercuryTopics:Environmental Governance,Chemicals and Waste|IISD/ENB summary meeting report201918th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP18)
COP18 highlighted the increasing pressures on CITES as an instrument to counter the rising scale of biodiversity loss, as parties struggled to address stresses other than trade on wildlife populations, including habitat loss, disease outbreaks, and human-wildlife conflict. These are
MEAs:Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and FloraTopics:Biological diversity,Environmental Governance|IISD/ENB summary meeting report201617th Meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties (COP17)
Delegates considered 90 agenda items and 62 species-listing proposals submitted by 64 countries. Some of the resolutions and decisions adopted concern: actions to combat wildlife trafficking; demand reduction strategies to combat illegal trade in CITES-listed species; provisions on international trade
MEAs:Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and FloraTopics:Biological diversity,Environmental Governance
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