More than 100 countries seek in Nairobi set positions to the River 20 Conference
Nairobi, 19 feb ( EFE).-representatives of more than a hundred countries, including 80 Ministers, will meet in Nairobi from tomorrow to set positions before the Conference of the United Nations on Sustainable development (RÃo+20), to be hosted by Brazil next June. The 12th Special meeting of the Governing Council of the United Nations programme for the environment (UNEP) and the Global Forum of Environment Ministers held in Kenya until February 23 capital. Attendees included Secretary of State Spanish of environment, Federico Ramos, whose country holds the Presidency of the Council of Administration UNEP for the second consecutive year, and the Brazilian Minister of environment, Izabella Teixeira, whose country, as host, will play a key role in RÃo+20. The appointment of UNEP – which come also scientists, entrepreneurs and civil society groups – will be the last meeting that kept Ministers responsible for environment before RÃo+20, which will take place in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro from 20 to 22 June. Nick Nuttall, UNEP spokesperson told Efe that Ministers are facing the task of “shape and finalize the end positions” on the two big issues that will address RÃo+20: the green economy and international environmental governance. On governance, one of the outstanding issues is whether UNEP, headquartered in Nairobi, should become “a stronger institution” with greater leeway, said Nuttall. Currently, the UN Environment Programme lacks executive capacity and...
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