Environment Minister Ana Paula Chantre Luna de Carvalho Pereira arrived in the early hours of 24th February 2024 in Nairobi to attend the Sixth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) from 26 February to 01 March 2024.
In the afternoon, the Minister of the Environment chaired a consultation meeting at which Ambassador Sianga Abílio spoke about the preparatory process for the event, highlighting the results of the meeting of the Open-Ended Committee of Permanent Representatives to the United Nations Environment Programme - UNEP, which took place from 19 to 23 February 2024 at the United Nations complex in Nairobi, with the aim of preparing the Sixth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6).
The United Nations Environment Assembly serves as the highest decision-making body on the environment, aiming to help restore harmony between humanity and nature by improving the lives of the world's most vulnerable people.
Over the next week, participants in the Sixth United Nations Environment Assembly, which is being held under the motto "Effective, Inclusive and Sustainable Multilateral Actions to Combat Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss and Pollution", are expected to analyse 19 draft resolutions, two draft decisions and a ministerial declaration for possible adoption.