United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environnement (PNUE)
Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA)
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Founded
1972-12-15
History
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Provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.
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Links with other UN agencies and related programmes through: E-XE4062 - United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB). Observer to: C-XC1732 - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES); F-XF4530 - Sistema Económico Latinoamericano (SELA); E-XE3253 - Standing Committee to the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats; B-XF2527 - World Trade Organization (WTO). Participates in: E-XE2966 - Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC). Accredited organizations: E-XE2494 - Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S and T Centre); E-XM3545 - Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus (REC Caucasus); E-XE4630 - Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat; C-XJ8801 - Regions of Climate Action (R20).
Has been represented in meetings of: K-XK2374 - Round Table on Sustainable Development at the OECD. Special links with: H-XF2785 - Global Action Plan for Environment and Development in the 21st Century (Agenda 21). Provides Secretariat for: F-XF6186 - African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN). Administers: K-XF4266 - Regional Trust Fund for the Implementation of the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme; K-XK0331 - Trust Fund for the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (UNEP/CMS Trust Fund). Cooperation agreement with: G-XG1507 - Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE); C-XD8574 - Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO). Close links with: E-XE4545 - Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP).
Links with:
- E-XF2724 - Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP);
- G-XJ3581 - Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI);
- F-XF0018 - African Development Bank (ADB);
- F-XF0121 - African Development Bank Group (ADB Group);
- E-XE3028 - African Union Scientific Technical Research Commission (AU STRC);
- F-XD0055 - Andean Community;
- F-XF3515 - Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa;
- E-XE5527 - Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD);
- F-XF4228 - Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD);
- F-XE4484 - Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations Development Organizations (AGFUND);
- D-XD4163 - Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO);
- D-XD5969 - Arctic Council;
- D-XD0165 - ASEAN;
- ASEAN Sub Committee on Non-Conventional Energy Research (SCNCER);
- C-XC0069 - Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO);
- F-XF0077 - Asian Development Bank (ADB);
- E-XE9937 - Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT);
- F-XF2101 - Asian Physics Education Network (ASPEN);
- D-XD0090 - Asian Productivity Organization (APO);
- D-XD4579 - Caribbean Community (CARICOM);
- E-XM3130 - Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC);
- F-XF4023 - Caribbean Development Bank (CDB);
- E-XD0241 - Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine (CCNR);
- E-XE4468 - CGIAR System Organization (CGIAR);
- D-XD2685 - Comisión Permanente del Pacifico Sur (CPPS);
- D-XD4499 - Comité Intergubernamental Coordinador de los Paises de la Cuenca del Plata (CIC);
- D-XD4566 - Comité permanent inter-Etats de lutte contre la sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS);
- E-XD0464 - Commission du Danube (CD);
- Committee of the Senior Officials of the Council of Europe Conference of Ministers Responsible for Spatial/Regional Planning (CSO-CEMAT/CoE / CHF-CEMAT/CoE);
- E-XE0375 - Commonwealth Science Council (CSC);
- C-XC0376 - Commonwealth Secretariat;
- F-XD9557 - Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution;
- F-XF0831 - Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP);
- E-XE6107 - Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA);
- E-XE6119 - Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP);
- D-XD0435 - Council of Europe (CE);
- F-XD3462 - Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS);
- E-XE6746 - ESRIN;
- E-XE2442 - European Commission (EC);
- D-XD0544 - European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO);
- D-XD0868 - European Space Agency (ESA);
- B-XB0971 - FAO;
- F-XF2537 - Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS);
- F-XF3429 - Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS);
- D-XD9187 - Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC);
- B-XB2183 - ILO;
- F-XF1069 - Inter-American Development Bank (IDB);
- E-XE1083 - Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA);
- D-XD1107 - Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC);
- F-XF4199 - Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD);
- B-XB1383 - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA);
- B-XB1505 - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO);
- F-XF1721 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD);
- F-XF4413 - International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS);
- G-XN2755 - International Joint Commission (IJC);
- C-XC2191 - International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG);
- B-XB1117 - International Maritime Organization (IMO);
- B-XB0100 - International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO);
- C-XC2811 - International Whaling Commission (IWC);
- E-XE3195 - IOC Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Blooms (IPHAB);
- F-XF4542 - Islamic Development Bank (IsDB);
- E-XE4186 - Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP);
- E-XE3456 - Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM);
- E-XD4496 - Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC);
- E-XE4240 - Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO);
- D-XD5835 - Latin American Energy Organization;
- D-XD2903 - League of Arab States (LAS);
- E-XE1245 - Marine Emergency Mutual Aid Centre (MEMAC);
- D-XD1542 - The Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM);
- D-XD2984 - Nordic Council (NC);
- D-XD3030 - OAS;
- C-XC3023 - OECD;
- C-XC4129 - Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC);
- D-XD3260 - Pacific Community (SPC);
- E-XE4630 - Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat;
- E-XE3060 - Pan American Health Organization (PAHO);
- K-XF2678 - Pan-European Ecological Network (PEEN);
- F-XF3107 - Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA);
- D-XD4382 - Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa (PMAESA);
- E-XE0071 - Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD);
- E-XE5479 - Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC);
- E-XE1306 - Secretariat of the Convention of Wetlands;
- E-XE8300 - Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP);
- D-XD3257 - Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO);
- G-XG6910 - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida);
- E-XF0693 - Technical Cooperation Network on National Parks, Other Protected Areas and Wildlife in Latin America and the Caribbean;
- F-XF8317 - Trans-European North-South Motorway Project (TEM);
- E-XF4511 - Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE);
- E-XE3381 - UNCTAD;
- B-XB3383 - UNESCO;
- E-XE9604 - UNESCO Office, Jakarta - Regional Bureau for Sciences in Asia and the Pacific;
- E-XE9760 - UNESCO Regional Office for Education in the Arab States (UNEDBAS);
- E-XE3016 - UNHCR;
- F-XF3380 - UNICEF;
- B-XE3386 - UNIDO;
- E-XE8305 - United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD);
- E-XE1146 - United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (Committee of Experts on TDG and GHS);
- E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
- E-XE4176 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE);
- E-XE4175 - United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);
- E-XE4177 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP);
- F-XF6300 - United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF);
- F-XK1877 - United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP);
- E-XE7655 - United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS);
- F-XF5606 - United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA);
- E-XE3388 - United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD);
- F-XF2488 - United Nations University (UNU);
- B-XB3548 - WHO;
- E-XF1193 - WHO Regional Centre for Environmental Health Activities (CEHA);
- E-XE9798 - WHO Regional Office for Europe;
- B-XB3556 - World Meteorological Organization (WMO);
- B-XB2745 - UN Tourism;
- E-XE4317 - World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP).
- Member of: Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF)
- Member of: United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG)
- Member of: UN-OCEANS
- Member of: UN-Water
- Partner of: Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission - Helsinki Commission (HELCOM)
- Partner of: Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
- Partner of: OSPAR Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR Commission)
- Partner of: Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME)
- Partner of: Regional Programme of Action for the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (RPA)
- Cooperates with: International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
- Cooperates with: Programme on Man and the Biosphere (MAB)
- Cooperates with: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
- Cooperates with: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
- Instrumental in setting up: Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME)
- Instrumental in setting up: United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation (UNHHSF)(currently incorporated into HABITAT)
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Representatives of Major Groups and Stakeholders, having an interest in the environment are invited to lend their full support and collaboration with a view to achieving the largest possible degree of cooperation. Un Environment's rules of procedure allow Major Groups and Stakeholders to designate representatives to sit as observers at public meetings of the UNEA and CPR, and, by invitation, to make oral statements; and it draws on their expertise in planning and implementing programmes and projects and maintains links with NGOs worldwide through nongovernmental networks. Accredited NGOs (609) include the following organizations listed in this Yearbook:
Co-hosts: E-XE4454 - Great Apes Survival Project (GRASP).
Supports: U-XF2596 - Action Plan for the Environment in Latin America and the Caribbean; G-XN7004 - Climate Institute.
Contact with: G-XM3471 - SYLVA-WORLD for Development and the Protection of Forests and the Environment.
Instrumental in setting up: F-XD7793 - Environnement et développement du Tiers-monde (enda);
S-AA4159 - Sustainable Built Environment Conference Series (SBE Series); U-XF5624 - Global Information Network on Chemicals (GINC); U-XE3761 - UNESCO World Network of Microbiological Resources Centres MIRCEN; E-XE5942 - UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA).
Close relationship with: B-XC2680 - World Federation of Advertisers (WFA).
Cooperates with: B-XB2110 - International Hotel and Restaurant Association (IH&RA).
Partner of: E-XE5021 - WorldFish.
Agreement with: B-XA2303 - International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The Interim Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention has Memorandum of Understanding with: F-XM2485 - Carpathian Ecoregion Initiative (CERI).
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XE4161
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