UN Environment Assembly 5 (UNEA 5.1) Decisions

Due to the restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Member States decided to organize the 5th session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) in two parts. The first part (UNEA-5.1) was held virtually from Nairobi, Kenya, on 22 and 23 February 2021, with a revised and streamlined agenda that focused on urgent and procedural decisions.  Three important decisions were adopted from the online UNEA-5.

A comprehensive list of all the outcomes of UNEA.5 (Resolutions, Decisions and Ministerial Declaration) is available on the UNEA-5 website.

Decision 5/1. Management of trust funds and earmarked contributions: A decision on the reassignment of balances in inactive trust funds when the activities for which they were established had ended, with a view to supporting the implementation of appropriate subprogrammes of the agreed programme of work.

Decision 5/2. Medium-term strategy for the period 20222025 and programme of work and budget for the biennium 2022–2023: A key decision on the approval of the medium-term strategy for the period of 2022-2025 and the programme of work and budget for the biennium 2022-2023

Decision 5/3. Adjournment and resumption of the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly: Under the theme “Strengthening actions for nature to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”,  and conscious of the fact that the restrictions related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic did not allow for representatives of Member States and stakeholders to meet in person at the online meeting of its fifth session, in February 2021,  decides to adjourn the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly, and to resume the session by convening at UNEP headquarters in Nairobi from 28 February to 2 March 2022 to conclude the consideration of the agenda.