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Due to the current health situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the 18th session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) will be virtually held from 13 to 16 September 2021.

The AMCEN bureau agreed that the Conference will take a two-step approach. The first part will take place in a virtual setting with a streamlined agenda to address urgent and procedural matters. Substantive matters that require in-depth negotiations will be deferred to a resumed in-person meeting to be held in 2022.

The session will be held under the theme:Securing people’s well-being and ensuring environmental sustainability in Africa”. The theme calls for governments to align recovery measures with long-term objectives of strengthening resilience to the impacts of climate change and integrating more ambitious policies to halt and reverse biodiversity loss and restore ecosystem services.

The theme also encourages countries to prioritize green and sustainable recovery plans that deliver mutual benefits for social, economic, and environmental resilience.

The session will consist of the expert group meeting to be held on 13 and 14 September 2021 and a ministerial segment on 16 September 2021.

Message from the Regional Director:

English:  https://youtu.be/nPDjq55OWHU 

French:  https://youtu.be/1GGizatG98k

Annotated provisional agenda for the ministerial segment

English -https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/36725/K2102240_EN.pdf

French - https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/36725/K2102241_FR.pdf

Annotated provisional agenda for the expert segment:

English - https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/36722/K2102238_EN.pdf

French - https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/36722/K2102239_FR.pdf

Provisional agenda for the expert segment: 

English - https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/36662/K2102014_ES_en.pdf

French - https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/36662/K2102015_ES_fr.pdf

Provisional agenda for the ministerial segment:

English - https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/36663/K2102016_MS_en.pdf

French - https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/36663/K2102017_MS_fr.pdf

Africa’s engagement on substantive matters in online global meetings and negotiations

English - https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/36718/K2102441_EN.pdf

French - https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/36718/K2102442_FR.pdf

Report of the secretariat for the period from December 2019 to July 2021

English - https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/36752/K2102495_EN.pdf

French - https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/36752/K2102496_FR.pdf

Information note for participants

English - https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/36750/INFEN.pdf

French - https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/36750/INFFR.pdf

Report of the ministerial segment of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment -  Eighteenth session [ English | French ]

Report of the ministerial segment of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment - Seventeenth session [ English | French ]

Report of the Expert Group Segment: African Ministerial Conference on the Environment - Seventeenth Session [ English | French ]

AMCEN Bureaux: [ English | French ]

Outcomes of  Ordinary Sessions of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment:

17th.Session

16th. Session

15th. Session

14th. Session

13th. Session

12th. Session Declaration Decisions

11th. Session

10th. Session

9th. Session

8th. Session

7th. Session

6th. Session

5th. Session

3rd. Session

2nd. Session

1st. Session

Outcomes of Special Sessions of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment:

Eight Special Session

Seventh Special Session

Sixth Special Session

Fifth Special Session

Third Special Session