{"id":77118,"date":"2025-12-09T13:28:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T07:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=77118"},"modified":"2025-12-09T15:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T10:27:11","slug":"un-environment-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/un-environment-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Environment Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>UN Environment Assembly Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the seventh UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) is taking place in Nairobi, Kenya.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About UN Environment Assembly<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the world\u2019s highest-level <\/span><b>decision-making body on the environment.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Member Countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has the universal <\/span><b>membership of all 193<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> UN Member States and the full involvement of major groups and stakeholders.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It gathers ministers of environment in <\/span><b>Nairobi, Kenya every 2 years.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Background:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> UNEA was <\/span><b>created in 2012<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as an outcome of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), held in Brazil.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Functions of UN Environment Assembly<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It sets the global <\/span><b>environmental agenda,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provides overarching policy guidance, and defines policy responses to address emerging environmental challenges.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It undertakes policy review, dialogue and the exchange of experiences, sets the strategic guidance on the <\/span><b>future direction of the UN Environment Programme<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/united-nations-environment-programme-unep\/\" target=\"_blank\">UNEP<\/a><\/strong>).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It fosters partnerships for achieving environmental goals and resource mobilization.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Organisational Structure:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It consists of a President and 8 Vice Presidents (forming the UNEA Bureau)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Seventh UNEA session (2025) Theme:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8220;Advancing sustainable solutions for a resilient planet&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/world\/2025\/Dec\/07\/global-rift-over-uneps-five-year-strategy-funding-cuts-sets-tense-tone-for-unea-7-opening-in-nairobi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>New Indian Express<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UN Environment Assembly  is the world\u2019s highest-level decision-making body on the environment. 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