MONGOLIAN MINISTER CHAIRS UN ENVIRONMENT ASSEMBLY

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Delegations at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya unanimously agreed Monday to appoint S.Oyun, Environment Minister of Mongolia, as the Assembly chair. Ms Oyun has been invited to the First United Nations Environment Assembly, taking place in Nairobi on June 23-27, with over 1,200 participants, 170 national delegations and 40 events. A Mongolian delegation attending the event will present the Government's environment and green development measures and will share experiences in realization of the "Partnership for Green Economic Activities" initiated by the United Nations. The first session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) of the UN Environment Program convenes at the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi with more than 1,200 participants, including Environment Ministers, Government delegates and representatives of major groups and stakeholders. The overarching theme of the first session is “Sustainable Development Goals and the Post-2015 Development Agenda, including sustainable consumption and production", which is designed to inform ongoing discussions on the formulation of a set of targets and indicators that would succeed the Millennium Development Goals. Ministers are discussing the illegal trade in wildlife, an issue that is generating increasing global attention due to its adverse impact on biodiversity. Other issues range from environmental rule of law to UNEP program of work and budget. UNEA is a result of the call made by world leaders at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), held in Brazil in June of 2012, to strengthen and upgrade UNEP as the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda and by establishing universal membership in its Governing Council.