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Vietnam attends fifth session of UN Environment Assembly

A Vietnamese delegation led by Director General of the Vietnam Environment Administration Nguyen Van Tai attended the fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) held virtually on February 22-23.
Vietnam attends fifth session of UN Environment Assembly ảnh 1An overview of the session (Photo: Vietnam Environment Administration)
Hanoi (VNA) – A Vietnamese delegation ledby Director General of the Vietnam Environment Administration Nguyen Van Taiattended the fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) heldvirtually on February 22-23.

The overall theme of UNEA-5 is “Strengthening Actionsfor Nature to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”.

The theme calls for strengthened action to protect andrestore nature and nature-based solutions to achieve the SDGs in its threecomplementary dimensions (social, economic and environmental).

The delegates discussed the implementation of the UNGeneral Assembly’s Resolution 73/333 on strengthening global environmental lawand governance, and considered the organisation of a special sessioncelebrating the 50th anniversary of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) inMarch.

The remaining agenda items of the UNEA-5 are expectedto be discussed in-person from February 28 to March 2.

UNEA-5 provides member states and stakeholders with aplatform for sharing and implementing successful approaches that contribute tothe achievement of the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs,including the goals related to the eradication of poverty and sustainablepatterns of consumption and production.

Vietnam also attended the fifth meeting of theOpen-ended Committee of Permanent Representatives (OECPR-5) held online fromFebruary 15-17, in preparation for UNEA-5.

The UNEA is the world’s highest-level decision-makingbody on the environment, with a universal membership of all 193 member states.Through its ministerial declaration and resolutions, the Assembly providesleadership, catalyzes intergovernmental action on the environment, andcontributes to the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda for SustainableDevelopment.

The UNEA is also the governing body of the UNEP. Ithas had four sessions starting in 2014, and was preceded by the Governing Councilof the UN Environment Programme, which was composed of 58 member states./.
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