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Date: November 25, 2021.

Time: 8:00 am Costa Rica /9:00 am Panama (UTC-5)

Format: Virtual.

The high-level officers of the Ministries of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean are summoned to a preparatory meeting on a special session to be held in January to mark the 40th anniversary of the Forum, and the second session of the Fifth UN Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.2), which will take place in Nairobi, Kenya, in March 2022.

The meeting will include a follow-up to the decisions of the XXII Meeting of the Forum of Ministers and will discuss recommendations and plans on marine litter and microplastics, and air quality.

The Executive Committee of the Regional Council of Experts on Sustainable Consumption and Production for the period 2021-2022 will also be presented for approval.

See the provisional agenda.

For more information, please contact the Forum Secretariat at unep-rolac-forumofministers@un.org.

  • Provisional Agenda.  [english] [español]
  • Provisional Annotated Agenda. [english] [español]
  • Note of the Presidency of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean on the date and format of the Special Session of the Forum of Ministers. [english] [spanish]. 
  • UNEP@50 Toolkit. [english] [español] 
  • Presentation on the organization of the Special Session of the Forum of Ministers.
  • Presentation on follow up topics on Decision 1 Working Group on Marine litter and microplastics:  Recommendations on the suitable mechanism to promote regional cooperation and coordination on marine litter and microplastics; and Intergovernmental Network on Atmospheric Pollution: Regional Action Plan on Air Quality and Resource Mobilization Strategy.
  • Presentation on follow up on topics on Decision 2 - Ratification of the members of the Executive Committee of the Regional Council of Government Experts of Sustainable Consumption and Production for the 2021-2022 period.
  • Presentation on progress in the organization of UNEA 5.2 and UNEP@50.