This Round-Table Dialogue was convened on the eve of the 23rd session of the UNEP Governing Council, with a view to providing a crucial input to the discussions on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), one of the most important items on the agenda of that session of the Governing Council. The principal objective of the Round-Table Dialogue was to develop elements of the legal and institutional framework required for promoting the realization of Millennium Development Goal 7 (to ensure environmental sustainability) and other related Millennium Development Goals, in particular MDG-1 (to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger), MDG-3 (to promote gender equality and empower women) and MDG-8 (to develop a global partnership for development). It was therefore proposed that the outcome of the Round-Table Dialogue would be a set of recommendations to the Executive Director of UNEP on elements of the legal and institutional framework required for promoting the realization of MDG-7 and other related MDGs, to be presented to the Governing Council on behalf of the Round-Table.

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