The Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment
Forum will take place in Nairobi, Kenya from 21 to
25 February 2005. The session/forum will conduct its
work in plenary meetings in the form of ministerial
consultations devoted to discussions at the ministerial
or equivalent level on the implementation of the internationally
agreed development goals of the Millennium Declaration
within the context of gender and environment, and
policy issues related to water, sanitation and human
settlements. International environmental governance
will also form part of the ministerial discussions.
The
meetings will address the implementation of the internationally
agreed development goals of the Millennium Declaration,
with particular emphasis on Goal 1 (eradicate extreme
poverty and hunger) within the context of environment,
Goal 3 (promote gender equality and empower women)
within the context of gender and the environment,
and Goal 7 (ensure environmental sustainability) together
with policy issues related to water, sanitation and
human settlements.
There will be three pre-session events, namely the
Tunza Global Youth Retreat, which will be held in
Nairobi, Kenya, from 16 to 18 February 2005; the Sixth
Global Civil Society Forum, which will be held in
Nairobi, on 19 and 20 February 2005; and the Global
Intergovernmental and Multi stakeholder Consultation
on Global Environment Outlook-4, which will be held
in Nairobi on 19 and 20 February 2005.
