Opening plenary
Monday 26 February, 10 am - 1 pm, Conference Room 2 (overflow room: Conference Room 1), with a cultural opening at 9.30 a.m. Access the recording of the Opening Plenary on UN Web TV. The following seating protocol was observed.
Statements delivered during the opening plenary are available on the Statements page.
Agenda item/programme
1. Opening of the session [item 1]
Statement by the President of the Environment Assembly
2. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work [item 2]
UNEP/EA.6/1, UNEP/EA.6/1/Add.1, UNEP/EA.6/INF/1
- Adoption of the agenda
- Establishment of a committee of the whole
- Election of the chair and rapporteur of the committee of the whole
- Allocation of agenda items 5 (International environmental policy and governance issues) and 11(Provisional agenda, dates and venue of the seventh session of the Environment Assembly) to the committee of the whole
- Consideration of other organizational arrangements
3. Opening of the session - continued [item 1]
Opening statements
- Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme
- Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi
- Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry of Kenya, as the representative of the host country
- Statements by regional and political groups and individual Member States
4. Stakeholder engagement [item 7]
- Opening statements by each of the nine major groups
- Regional joint statement
- Statement by the Rapporteur of the Cities and Regions Summit
5. Credentials of representatives [item 3]
The Assembly will decide to defer its consideration of the item to the plenary meeting on Thursday, 29 February, in the afternoon.
6. Report of the Committee of Permanent Representatives [item 4]
Presentation of the report of the sixth meeting of the Open-ended Committee of Permanent Representatives by the Chair of the CPR.
7. Contributions to the meetings of the high-level political forum on sustainable development and implementation of the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development [item 8]
The Assembly will request the CPR to consider and approve written contributions of the Environment Assembly to the forthcoming meetings of the HLPF to be held in 2024 and 2025.
