Information note on the seventh special session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment and the first meeting of the Africa Environment Partnership Platform

The Montevideo Programme for the Development and Periodic Review of Environmental Law (Montevideo Programme) refers to a series of ten-year programmes that constitute a broad strategy for the international law community and UN Environment in formulating activities in the field of environmental law. The current Montevideo programme and fourth such programme (Montevideo Programme IV) runs from 2010 to 2020. At its second universal session in 2016 the United Nations Environment Assembly adopted Resolution 2/19 which requests UN Environment, in close collaboration with the national focal points, to prepare an assessment of Montevideo IV and proposals for the work of UN Environment in the area of environmental law for a specific period beginning in 2020, for consideration by the UNEA in 2019. The findings and recommendations of UN Environment’s latest flagship Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6) assessment, as well as relevant UN Environmental Assembly resolutions, will serve as a basis to discuss priorities from the region. The consultations in Amman are the third of a series of regional consultations which will take place in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, West Asia and Asia Pacific between the months of June and July 2018.

The Republic of Kenya is located on the Eastern coast of Africa and is bisected by the Equator. It is a land of striking landscapes, ranging from snow-capped Mount Kenya to rich farmlands, barren deserts in the north and tropical sandy beaches on the western Indian Ocean coast and the shores of lakes Turkana and Victoria. Kenya borders Somalia to the North East, Ethiopia and South Sudan to the North, Uganda to the West, Tanzania to the South, and the Indian Ocean to the East. Kenya's capital city is Nairobi with a population of about 4 million people. Other major cities are Mombasa, the main seaport on the Indian Ocean, and Kisumu on the Lake Victoria front. Kenya is one of the world’s most popular tourism destinations attracting millions of tourists over the past years. The country is endowed with attractive tourist sites, rich culture, biological diversity, striking geographical

Note on agenda and draft structure of the Assembly and the Open-Ended meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives