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Simultaneous Extraordinary Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (ExCOPs), and Eleventh Special Session of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Governing Council/ Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GCSS-11/GMEF)

22-26 February 2010 | Bali, Indonesia

Summary of Highlights

UNEP Governing Council President Oliver Dulić, Executive Director Achim Steiner, Governing Council Secretary Jamil Ahmad, Rapporteur Amb. Budi Bowoleksono (Indonesia) and others huddle before Friday's closing plenary.

Daily web coverage (click on the following links to see our daily web pages)

22 Feb. - 23 Feb. - 24 Feb. - 25 Feb. - 26 Feb.

Highlights for Friday, 26 February 2010


	On Friday, delegates met in the Committee of the Whole (COW) in the morning, to consider outstanding draft decisions and in plenary, which adopted five decisions on IPBES, strengthening environmental response in Haiti, oceans, financing options for chemicals and wastes and environmental law. In the afternoon, delegates convened in closing plenary, where the President's Summary on the outcome of the ministerial consultations was introduced. Delegates adopted the report of the COW as well as three decisions on IEG, enhanced coordination across the UN, including EMG and follow-up report on the environmental situation in the Gaza strip. Delegates thanked the Government of Indonesia for their hospitality and expressed satisfaction with the successful conclusion of the meeting. GC/GMEF President Dulić gaveled the meeting to a close at 4:29 pm.

The dais during closing plenary.

COW Chair John Matuszak (United States) reported on the outcomes of the COW.

Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UNEP.

GC President Dulić gaveled the meeting to a close at 4:29pm.

The dais during the Committee of the Whole.

Highlights for Thursday, 25 February 2010

On Thursday morning, delegates convened in five parallel Ministerial Round Tables on the topic of the Green Economy. In the afternoon delegates convened in a high level Ministerial discussion on ecosystems and biodiversity. The Committee of the Whole convened throughout the day and approved draft decisions on environmental law and chemical financing. Drafting groups on International Environmental Governance and the Nusa Dua Declaration convened throughout the day.

Full web coverage available here: 25 February

Panelists and dais during the afternoon ministerial roundtable.

Discussion panel moderator Hilary Benn, United Kingdom.

Buri Hamza, Somalia.

Wangari Maathai, Green Belt Movement.

Dais during the COW

Drafting group on International Environmental Governance.

Nusa Dua declaration drafting group.

Highlights for Wednesday, 24 February 2010

On Wednesday morning, the ExCOPs convened in a final plenary in which the COPs of all three Conventions simultaneously adopted an omnibus decision. The closure of the ExCOPs was followed by the opening ceremony for GCSS-11/GMEF, featuring President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia. In the remainder of the morning and in the afternoon, delegates met in ministerial consultations and the Committee of the Whole. Drafting groups also met during the afternoon.

Full web coverage available here: 24 February

COP Presidents of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions gavel a decision simultaneously.

Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UNEP.

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of Indonesia.

Marty Natalegawa, Foreign Minister of Indonesia.

Singers from Udayana University, Bali, performed during the opening ceremony.

Erik Solheim, Norway.

Jesca Eriyo, Uganda.

Faumuina Liuga, Samoa.

Ministers attended a working lunch on chemicals, hosted by Switzerland and Indonesia.

Highlights for Tuesday, 23 February 2010

On Tuesday, delegates to the ExCOPs convened in an open-ended joint working group (OEWG), which met in the morning and afternoon. Contact groups on a review mechanism and decision-making convened in the morning and afternoon, and a contact group on joint managerial functions convened in the morning, afternoon and evening.

Full web coverage available here: 23 February

OEWG Co-Chair Osvaldo Álvarez-Pérez (Chile).

OEWG Co-Chair Desire Ouegraogo (Burkina Faso).

OEWG Co-Chair Kerstin Stendahl (Finland).

Participants conferred in a café near one of the contact groups.

Local musicians performed at the gala dinner for the UNEP Sasakawa Environment Prize.

Highlights for Monday, 22 February 2010

The Simultaneous Extraordinary Meeting of the Conferences of the Parties (ExCOPs) to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions convened Monday 22 February 2010. In the morning, delegates convened in plenary for the opening of the simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the ExCOPs, at which the respective COP Presidents of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions and the Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) participated in a signing of the commemorative postal first day cover. The opening was followed by an open-ended joint working group (OEWG) which met in the morning and afternoon. Three contact groups on joint activities, review of coordination and cooperation and joint managerial functions convened in the afternoon and evening.

Full web coverage available here: 22 February

The dais during the opening plenary of the ExCOPs.

Gusti Muhammad Hatta (Indonesia), COP President of the Basel Convention.

Noluzuko Gwayi (South Africa), COP President of the Rotterdam Convention.

Gholamhossein Dehghani (Iran), COP President of the Stockholm Convention.

Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director.

Indonesia's Komodo Dragons appealed to voters weary of human candidates.

The convention center atrium.

Highlights for the Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum

GMGSF-11 (formerly known as the Global Civil Society Forum) convened Sunday 21 February and Monday 22 February, prior to the Eleventh Special Session of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Governing Council/ Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GCSS-11/GMEF) (Bali, 24-26 February). The first day of the GMGSF included the traditional dialogue with Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP. It also addressed issues relating to the Simultaneous Extraordinary Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (ExCOPs) (22-24 February, Bali). Under the theme "Environment in the multilateral system," GMGSF-11 also considered International Environmental Governance and sustainable development, the "Green Economy," and biodiversity and ecosystems. The Forum also discussed the Rio+20 Summit planned for 2012.

Full web coverage available here: GMGSF-11

The dais during discussion of the ExCOPs.

Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP, openly shared his views during the dialogue.

Participants during the dialogue with Achim Steiner.

Angela Cropper, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP, said this week's meetings are an opportunity to prove the multilateral and UN systems are relevant, seminal and effective after Copenhagen.

Henri Bastaman, Deputy Minister for Environmental Communication and Community Empowerment, Indonesia, called attention the issues of oceans and benefits for indigenous peoples.

Mariann Lloyd-Smith, International POPs Elimination Network, stressed that fundamental change is needed in the way societies manage chemicals.

The dais during discussion of Rio+20.

Related Links

UNEP resources
GCSS-11/GMEF webpage
GCSS-11/GMEF provisional agenda
GCSS-11/GMEF working documents
Overview of GC/GMEF
Twenty-fifth Session of the UNEP GC/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC-25/GMEF)
GCSS-10/GMEF
GC-24/GMEF
GCSS-9/GMEF
GC-23/GMEF
GCSS-8/GMEF
ExCOPs webpage
ExCOPs documents
ExCOPs background documents
ExCOPs rules of procedure
ExCOPs synergies decisions
ExCOPs advisory committee
GMGSF-11, ExCOPs and GCSS-11/GMEF provisional timetable
IISD RS resources
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