Statements from Heads of State and Government, ministers and heads of delegations at the high-level segment of UNEP@50, the Special Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly.
2022 is a historic milestone for the global environmental community and UNEP. It marks fifty years since the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, widely seen as the first international meeting on the environment. The 1972 Stockholm Conference spurred the formation of environment ministries and agencies around the world, kickstarted a host of new global agreements to collectively protect the environment, and led to the formation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
