A leadership dialogue will be convened during the online meeting of the fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly with the aim of promoting an interactive high-level discussion on the contribution of the environmental dimension of sustainable development to building a resilient and inclusive post-pandemic world.

To facilitate the participation of Ministers and other High-Level representatives from different time zones, the leadership dialogue will be held in two sessions as follows: 22 February from 4-7 pm (GMT+3), and 23 February from 11 am to 2 pm (GMT+3). Both sessions will cover the same theme, “Contribution of the environmental dimension of sustainable development to building a resilient and inclusive post-pandemic world”.

The dialogues will be interpreted to all official languages; therefore statements may be made in any of the six official UN languages.

Representatives of Member States, or Heads of UN entities, intergovernmental organizations and accredited non-governmental organizations may also, as an alternative or as a complement to “live” attendance in the leadership dialogue, send in a recorded or written statement that addresses one or more of the guiding questions in the concept note. Such submissions should be sent to the secretariat ([email protected]), to be uploaded on the UNEA-5 website in advance of the online meeting.

The Secretariat will prepare a factual summary of the main messages emanating from the discussions and present it orally at the adjournment (wrap-up) session of the online meeting of the fifth session of the Assembly, which is scheduled to take place from 4 to 6 p.m. (Nairobi time (UTC+3)) on Tuesday, 23 February 2021.

0:00 Countdown
4:45 Ms. Joyce Msuya, Deputy Executive Director of UNEP
6:00 Video: How we can restore a better way of life after the pandemic
8:13 H.E. Ms. Bérangère Abba, France
14:04 Ms. Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP
17:44 Mr Afroz Shah, Champion of the Earth 2016
24:30 H.E. Mr. Roberto Cingolani, Italy
28:18 H.E. Dr Mohamed Mubarak Bin Daina, Bahrain
31:20 H.E Mr. Sonam P. Wangdi, Bhutan
39:18 H.E. Mr. Rafael Nakachinda, Zambia
50:06 H.E. Mr. Zac Goldsmith, United Kingdom
54:08 H.E. Ms. Sussan Ley, Australia
57:36 H.E. Mr. Mukhtar Babayev, Azerbaijan
1:01:27 H.E. Mr. Fahed Al Hammadi, UAE
1:05:07 H.E. Mr. Danas Augutis, Lithuania
1:08:15 Mr. Rocky Dawuni, Civil Society Representative
1:12:38 H.E. Mr. Kondo Tomohiro, Japan
1:16:15 H.E. Mr. Pearnel Charles Jr, Jamaica
1:20:45 H.E. Mr. Meelis Münt, Estonia
1:25:26 H.E. Dr. Jassim Abdulaziz Hammadi, Iraq
1:32:05 H.E. Dr. Virander Paul, India
1:39:20 H.E. Mr. Aziz Rabbah, Morocco
1:44:25 H.E. Mr Georgios Amyras, Greece
1:48:22 H.E Mr. Ahmed Abuthaher, State of Palestine
1:58:17 H.E. Mr. Alisher Maksudov, Uzbekistan
2:03:52 H.E. Mr Mario Šiljeg, Croatia
2:09:07 H.E. Mr. Ndongo Dieng, Senegal
2:18:43 H.E. Ms. Jelena Tanaskovic, Serbia
2:22:27 H.E. Mr. Prem Bahadur Ale, Nepal
2:26:24 H.E. Mr. Oswaldo Barbera, Venezuela
2:30:40 Ms. Lili Sun, Civil Society Representative
2:35:17 H.E. Ms. Nancy Tembo, Malawi
2:39:51 H.E. Dr Mehmet Emin Birpinar, Turkey
2:45:23 H.E. Ms. Jeoung-ae Han, Korea
2:48:18 H.E. Dr. Mohammad Khashashneh, Jordan
2:55:45 H.E. Ms. Krista Mikkonen, Finland
3:01:25 H.E. Ms Grace Fu, Singapore
3:06:30 H.E. Mr. Allanur Altyyev, Turkmenistan
3:12:40 H.E. Ms. Zakia Khattabi, Belgium
3:19:28 H.E. Mr. Jabor Bin Ali Al-Dosari, Qatar
3:23:38 H.E. Mr. Aaron Farrugia, Malta
3:29:28 H.E. Mr. Alain Piquemal, Monaco
3:34:46 H.E. Ms. Carole Dieschbourg, Luxembourg
3:40:02 H.E. Mr. Simon Stiell, Grenada
3:43:27 H.E. Mr. Franz Perez, Switzerland
3:47:44 H.E. Mr. Eang Sophalleth, Cambodia
3:51:50 H.E. Dr. Constantinos Kadis, Cyprus