Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme

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UN subsidiary organ environmental governance body intergovernmental organization body

The Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme was the former main intergovernmental decision-making body for global environmental policy within the UN system before being superseded by the United Nations Environment Assembly.

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Label Occurrences
Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme canonical 2
UNEP Governing Council 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UN subsidiary organ ⓘ
environmental governance body ⓘ
intergovernmental organization body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction world ⓘ
convenedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
createdAsResponseTo 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
dissolvedOrSupersededInYear 2013 ⓘ
establishedBy United Nations General Assembly resolution 2997 (XXVII) ⓘ
establishedInYear 1972 ⓘ
fieldOfWork environmental policy ⓘ
international environmental law ⓘ
sustainable development ⓘ
hasAcronym Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: UNEP Governing Council
hasCommittee Committee of Permanent Representatives to UNEP ⓘ
hasFunction approve UNEP programme of work and budget ⓘ
formulate environmental policy guidance for the United Nations system ⓘ
promote international environmental cooperation ⓘ
review the world environmental situation ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation Kenya ⓘ
Nairobi ⓘ
hasMeetingFrequency biennial ⓘ
hasMembershipType UN member states elected by the UN General Assembly ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 58 ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
hasParentOrganization United Nations ⓘ
hasRole main intergovernmental decision-making body for global environmental policy within the UN system ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.unep.org ⓘ
isOrganOf United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Kenya ⓘ
Nairobi County ⓘ
meetsAt UNEP headquarters in Nairobi ⓘ
oversightOf UNEP trust funds and financial resources ⓘ
partOf United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ
United Nations system ⓘ
replacedBy United Nations Environment Assembly ⓘ
reportsTo United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
subjectTo UN rules of procedure ⓘ
supervises United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Environment Programme Secretariat
wasUpgradedTo universal membership body as United Nations Environment Assembly ⓘ

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United Nations Environment Assembly → replaced → Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ
Resolution on institutional and financial arrangements for international environmental cooperation → designated → Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ
Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme → hasAcronym → Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNEP Governing Council