10th Annual Subcommittee meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives

Agenda Item 1: Opening of the meeting by the Chair of the Committee of Permanent Representatives

Agenda Item 2: Adoption of the provisional agenda of the Tenth Annual Subcommittee meeting.

Annotated Provisional Agenda Uploaded on 6 November 2023

Structure of the 10^th annual subcommittee meeting of the CPR  Uploaded on 6 October 2023

List of documents for the 10^th annual subcommittee meeting of the CPR Uploaded 22 October 2023 

Agenda Item 3: Implementation of the Programme of Work and Budget 2022-2023 of the United Nations Environment Programme.

a) Review of UNEP thematic programmes in the UNEP Programme of Work

Provisional Choreography & Estimated Timing Uploaded 9 November 2023

PowerPoints on the 13 thematic programmes: Introduction, Presentation A: Climate Stability, Presentation B: Living in Harmony with Nature, Presentation C: Towards a Pollution Free Planet, Presentation D: Science for Policy and Action, Presentation E: Environmental Governance, Presentation F: Finance and Economic Transitions; and G: Digital Transformation Uploaded 2 November 2023

b) Management and administration of UNEP.

PowerPoint on management and administration of UNEP Uploaded 1 November 2023

c) Consideration of relevant UNEP evaluation reports.

PowerPoint on evaluation and recommendation compliance Uploaded on 18 October 2023

UNEP/CPR/ASC/10/7 - UNEP Management Response for Environmental Governance Sub-Programme Evaluation for 2014-2021.

d) UNEP in the context of the repositioning of the UN development system and country delivery.

PowerPoint on UNEP in the context of the repositioning of the UN development system and country level delivery Uploaded 22 October 2023

Final Draft CONCEPT NOTE - Panel discussion with Resident Coordinators Uploaded 16 November 2023

UNEP/CPR/ASC/10/2 - Draft checklist on the UN development systems reform for UN entities governing bodies.

e) Coordination within the UN system on the environment, including through the Environment Management Group

PowerPoint on the Coordination within the UN system on the environment, including in the Environment Management Group Uploaded 31 October 2023

Reference Documents

• Environment Management Group Updated Progress Report 2023
• Medium-Term Strategy 2022-2025
• Annual Programme Performance Reports
• Quarterly Reports to the CPR
• Weblink to the UNEP Monitoring and Reporting Portal
• Evaluation report on the UNEP sub-programme on Environmental Governance
• Weblink to the Environment Management Group website
• UNEP Enterprise Risk Management and Internal Control (July 2021)  
• UNEP Environmental Management System (EMS) Manual  
• Compendium of disciplinary measures: Practice of the Secretary-General in disciplinary matters and cases of criminal behaviour from 1 July 2009 to 31 December 2021  
• Fund of UNEP: Financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 and Report of the Board of Auditors (A/78/5/Add.7)  
• Reports issued by the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) on UNEP 

Agenda Item 4: Preparations for the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly.

a) Secretariat presentations of advanced versions of mandated reports to UNEA-6

Documents for the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly

UNEP/CPR/ASC/10/3 - Summary of recommendations from advance versions of mandated reports to UNEA-6

Reference Document

PowerPoint presentation on Update on the preparations for UNEA-6 Uploaded on 1 November 2023

b) UNEA sessions and related consequences for UNEP’s Medium-Term Strategies and Programmes of Work and Budget.

UNEP/CPR/ASC/10/4 - UNEA sessions and related consequences for UNEP’s Medium-Term Strategies and Programmes of Work and Budget Uploaded 22 November 2023

PowerPoint on UNEA sessions and related consequences for UNEP’s Medium-Term Strategies and Programmes of Work and Budget Uploaded 22 November 2023

c) Announcements of possible draft resolutions and decisions for UNEA-6.

PowerPoint on Guidance on the submission of draft resolutions and decisions to UNEA-6 Uploaded on 18 October 2023

Guidance to Member States on the submission of draft resolutions and decisions to the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly Uploaded on 22 October 2023

Reference Documents

• Executive Director report to the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly
• Advance versions of official working documents to UNEA-6
• Guidance on the submission of Draft Resolutions and Decisions
• Update on the preparations for UNEA-6 (N.B. background document for CPR 163)
• PowerPoint presentation on Update on the preparations for UNEA-6 (N.B. background document for CPR 163)
• Weblink to the UNEP resolutions portal
• Weblink to the UNEA-6 website

Agenda Item 5: Widening the funding base of UNEP.

UNEP/CPR/ASC/10/5 - Concept note on widening the funding base of UNEP.

PowerPoint presentation on widening the funding base of UNEP. Uploaded 22 November 2023

Reference Documents

• Financial outlook and funding challenges for UNEP – follow up from the 9th annual  subcommittee of the CPR (Background document to CPR 162).
• Publication “UNEP – your partner for people and planet”
• Environment Fund - Frequently Asked Questions in English , French ,Spanish and Arabic.
• Factsheet: Voluntary Indicative Scale of Contributions, a tailor-made tool for Environment Fund  contributions
• Factsheet: Thematic Funds Investment Case 

Agenda Item 6: Futures perspectives on environmental multilateralism.

High-Level Advisory Board Report: A Breakthrough for People and Planet - Effective and Inclusive Global Governance for Today and the Future

Recommendation 4 from the HLAB report chapter 2 on Planet and People Uploaded 23 October 2023

Home - High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism (highleveladvisoryboard.org)

Agenda Item 7: Consideration of a draft Chair’s summary of the meeting.

UNEP/CPR/ASC/10/6 - Chair's summary, as endorsed at the 10th annual subcommittee meeting of the CPR Uploaded 24 November 2023

Agenda Item 8: Other matters.

Agenda Item 9: Closing of the meeting.

Photos 

1. Informal meeting between interested Member States and Major Groups and Stakeholders

               Time: 14:00 – 15:00 (GMT+3, Nairobi time), Monday 20 November

               Venue: Conference room 10 and online (hybrid format)

2. Informal meeting – “Friends of Air Quality”

               Time: 14:00 – 15:00 (GMT+3, Nairobi time), Wednesday, 22 November,

               Venue: Conference room 3 and online (hybrid format)

3. UNEP Special Event: presentation of the 2023 Emissions, Adaptation and Production Gap Reports

               Time: 13:15 – 14:45 (GMT+3, Nairobi time), Thursday 23 November

               Venue: Conference room 1 and online (hybrid format)

               Gap-Reports-Programme

               Gap-Reports-Flier

               Gap-Reports-PowerPoint

Agenda Item 1: Opening of the meeting by the Chair of the Committee of Permanent Representatives

Member states

AMCEN Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Asia Pacific Group Uploaded on 29 November 2023

European Union Uploaded on 29 November 2023

GRULAC Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Malawi Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Morocco Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Netherlands Uploaded on 29 November 2023

State of Palestine Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Friends of the Resolution on Animal Welfare, Environment, and Sustainable Development Nexus Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Major Groups and Stakeholders

Children and Youth Major Group Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Farmers Major Group Uploaded on 29 November 2023

NGO Major Group Uploaded on 29 November 2023

The Scientific and Technological Community Major Group Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Women Major Group Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Agenda Item 3: Implementation of the Programme of Work and Budget 2022-2023 of the United Nations Environment Programme.

Member states

Colombia Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Malawi Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Morocco Agenda Item 3 Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Morocco Agenda Item 3d Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Joint statement (Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chili, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, United Kingdom, United States) Uploaded on 29 November 2023

United Kingdom Uploaded on 29 November 2023

10 YFP Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Major Groups and Stakeholders

Children and Youth Major Group Agenda item 3a Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Children and Youth Major Group Agenda item 3c Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Children and Youth Major Group Agenda item 3e Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Agenda Item 4: Preparations for the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly

Statement of the President of the Sixth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly - Agenda item 4: Preparations for UNEA-6 Uploaded 23 November 2023

Member states

Colombia Uploaded on 29 November 2023

United Kingdom Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Major Groups and Stakeholders

Children and Youth Major Group Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Indigenous peoples and their communities Major Group Uploaded on 29 November 2023

NGO Major Group Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Women Major Group Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Agenda Item 5: Widening the funding base of UNEP.

Member States

Malawi Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Morocco Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Africa Group  Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Agenda Item 6: Futures perspectives on environmental multilateralism.

Morocco Uploaded on 29 November 2023

European Union Uploaded 29 November 2023

United Kingdom Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Netherlands Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Malawi Uploaded on 29 November 2023 

Major Groups and Stakeholders

Farmers Major Group Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Indigenous Peoples and their communities Major Group Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Women Major Group Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Agenda Item 7: Consideration of a draft Chair’s summary of the meeting

Member States

Africa Group Region Uploaded on 29 November 2023

European Union Uploaded on 29 November 2023

Major Groups and Stakeholders

Major Groups and Stakeholders Uploaded on 29 November 2023