Plenary, continued | Seventh meeting of the Open-ended Committee of Permanent Representatives (OECPR-7).


The seventh session of the Open-ended Committee of Permanent Representatives will take place from 1 to 5 December 2025 at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.


Provisional agenda for the seventh session of the Open-ended Committee of Permanent Representatives

1. Opening of the session and adoption of the agenda.
2. Organization of work.
3. Implementation of resolutions and decisions adopted by the United Nations Environment Assembly.
4. Programmatic and budgetary matters.
5. Contributions of the United Nations Environment Assembly to the meetings of the high-level political forum on sustainable development.
6. Preparation of decisions and outcomes of the seventh session of the United Nations
Environment Assembly.
7. Other matters.
8. Consideration of the draft report of the session.
9. Closure of the session.

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Every second year, the Committee of Permanent Representatives meets as the Open-ended Committee of Permanent Representatives.

It holds a five-day meeting, chaired by the Chair of the Committee of Permanent Representatives, immediately before the session of the Environment Assembly. During the meeting, representatives of Member States meet in formal plenary sessions and informal working groups and contact groups to negotiate draft resolutions and decisions for consideration and possible adoption by the Environment Assembly.

Usually, the Presidency of the Environment Assembly also conducts informal consultations on the margins of the meeting of the Open-ended Committee of Permanent Representatives to seek consensus on a draft ministerial declaration for consideration at the upcoming session of the Environment Assembly.
Location: Nairobi, Kenya

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