The fourth session of Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee (INC4) was held from 27 June to 2 July 2012 in Punta del Este, Uruguay. The Meeting was attended by over 500 participants representing governments, UN agencies, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, medical and industry organizations.
MEPIELAN Centre | Jul 20, 2012 | 3 min read
The Task Force, mandated by the Nuuk Declaration at the 2011 Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Nuuk, Greenland to prepare an international instrument on Arctic marine oil pollution preparedness and response, held its forth meeting from 18 to 20 June 2012 in Helsinki, Finland.
MEPIELAN Centre | Jul 18, 2012 | 3 min read
The Second Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol (ICNP) on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was held from 2-6 July 2012, in New Delhi, India.
MEPIELAN Centre | Jul 18, 2012 | 3 min read
The third and final meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the UNCSD (Rio+20), Pre-Conference Informal Consultations Facilitated by the Host Country, and the UNCSD were convened back-to-back in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 13-22 June 2012. The UNCSD opened on Wednesday, 20 June 2012, and the outcome document of the Conference, entitled “The Future we Want” was adopted on Friday, 22 June 2012.
MEPIELAN Centre | Jul 7, 2012 | 5 min read
The 5th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction took place from 7 to11 May 2012, in New York at UN- Headquarters.
MEPIELAN Centre | Jun 8, 2012 | 3 min read
A Report on the “Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development in the Context of the Upcoming Rio+20 Summit," was released by the Directorate-General (DG) for Internal Policies of the European Parliament, summarising the current Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development (IFSD) and the sustainable development governance challenges on the road to Rio+20.
MEPIELAN Centre | Apr 19, 2012 | 4 min read