Third Substantive session
- Co-chairs Summary of the Second Substantive Session of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group established under General Assembly resolution 72/277 of 10 May 2018 and Provisional Agenda for the Third Substantive Session - Transmittal Note of the President of the General Assembly
- Note of the President of the General Assembly transmitting the invitation letter for the third substantive session of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group established under General Assembly resolution 72/277 of 10 May 2018
- Information Note for participants
- Letter dated 25 April 2019 including the Co-chair's non-paper on draft elements of recommendations to the seventy-third session of the General Assembly- Transmittal by María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the General Assembly
- Note on the financial status of the implementation of General Assembly resolution 72/277 entitled "Towards a Global Pact for the Environment" as of 13 May 2019
- Draft recommendations (zero draft, 20 May 2019)
- Additional text proposals for section 3- 21 May 2019
- Draft recommendations (zero draft, 21 May 2019)
- Additional text proposals for section 3- 22 May 2019
- Draft recommendations (3nd revised draft, 22 May 2019)
- Recommendations, as agreed by the working group (22 May 2019)
- Report of the ad hoc open-ended working group established pursuant to General Assembly resolution 72/277 | Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
- Resolution 73/333 adopted by the General Assembly on 30 August 2019: Follow-up to the report of the ad hoc open-ended working group established pursuant to General Assembly resolution 72/277
Concrete proposals and options expressed during the discussion on possible options to address possible gaps of the international environmental law and environment-related instruments
Inputs by Member States and Members of Specialized Agencies
- Colombia
- Cuba
- Japan
- Mexico
- Norway
- Russian Federation
- Saint Lucia
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- United States of America
Inputs by UN Funds and Programmes, Specialized Agencies, other intergovernmental organizations, and Secretariats of Multilateral Environment Agreements
Inputs by civil society
- Centre International de Droit Comparé de l´Environnement (CIDCE)
- Commons Cluster of the UN NGO Major Group with the support of the Global Ecovillage Network
- Common Home of Humanity and instituto internacional de derecho y medio ambiente (iidma)
- Earth Trusteeship Initiative
- International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA)
- International Council of Environmental Law (ICEL)
- NGOs input
- OceanCare
Statements and proposals by Member States and Members of Specialized Agencies
- Argentina: Opening Statement
- Bangladesh: General Statement
- Burundi: General Statement
- Colombia: Opening Statement
- Democratic Republic of Congo: Statement- First day
- Ecuador: Opening Statement
- Ecuador: Statement on the draft elements recommendations
- Egypt:Statement following the adoption of the Recommendations, as agreed by the working group (22 May 2019)
- Eritrea on behalf of the African Group: Opening Statement
- Eswatini
- European Union: Opening Statement
- European Union: amendment proposals based on the Co-Chairs non-paper- Draft elements of recommendations
- European Union: Draft recommendations (zero draft, 20 May 2019) EU coordination 21/05/2019
- European Union: Statement on paragraph 2 b) of the Recommendations, as agreed by the working group (22 May 2019)
- Gabon: Opening Statement
- Georgia: Opening Statement
- Indonesia: Opening Statement
- Iran (Islamic Rep. of): National Statement
- Kenya: Opening Statement
- Malaysia: Opening Statement
- Malaysia: Submission for section II
- Maldives: Opening Statement
- Morocco: Opening Statement
- Russian Federation: comments on draft recommendations
- Samoa: Statement- First day
- Saudi Arabia: Opening Statement | Arabic | English
- Sierra Leone: Proposal on paragraph 2c
- Singapore: Opening Statement
- Singapore: Comments to draft recommendations
- South Africa: Opening Statement
- Sri Lanka: Statement on Sections I, II, and III
- State of Palestine
- Switzerland: Expectations/Recommendations (Agenda item 4)
- Uganda: Opening Statement
- Ukraine: Statement on Agenda item 4
- United States of America: comments on draft recommendations
- United States of America: Concluding Statement
- United States of America: Explanation of Position
- Venezuela: Opening Statement
- International Chamber of Commerce: Opening Statement
- International Chamber of Commerce: Open letter dated 10 May 2019
Statements by civil society
- Alexandra Lutz, CliMates, on behalf of NGOs: Opening Statement
- Ana Barreira, on behalf of NGOs: Statement on section III
- Dr. Sabine Lennkh, on behalf of NGOs: Statement on sections I and II
- International Council of Environmental Law (ICEL): Statement on draft elements of recommendations
- Major Group of NGOs: Position Paper by NGOs