The twenty-second session of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum was held at UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, from 3 to 7 February 2003. The Council adopted the present proceedings at the 11th meeting, on 7 February 2003.

The meeting of the Partnership area Leads of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership (GMP) took place at the International Conference Center in Jeju, Korea on 16 June 2015 in the sidelines of the 12th International Conference of Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP).

289 persons participated at the GMGSF, where interactive discussion took place, exchange of information and updates were done, included status report and discussion on the state of UNEA2 negotiations. One of the hot issues was of course the update of the UNEP’s Stakeholder Engagement Policy. The GMGSF also included a short course: “How to Engage with UNEA for newcomers” and an event on UNEP Social and Environmental Safeguards. Several panels on main topics were organised to discuss options for implementation of SDGs, environmental actions and other UNEA2 outcomes. The meeting developed as always a common statement for the opening plenary and “thematic cluster” groups were establishedto follow and interact on main messages for UNEA2. Participants also dialogued with outgoing ED Achim Steiner. The meeting ended with a lively discussion on options to strengthen GMGSF and other aspects of ongoing MGoS involvement in UNEP discussions and initiatives.