Armenia’s Ministry of Environment: Working meetings of the COP17 delegation began in Montreal

Arminfo.  Working meetings of the COP17 presidency delegation have begun in Montreal, at the Secretariat of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. This was reported by the press service of Armenia’s Ministry of Environment.

It is noted that during the working meeting, Armenia’s Minister of Environment Hambardzum Matevosyan discussed with Astrid Schumaker, Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, her deputy and colleagues from the Secretariat the final stages of preparations for the COP17 conference to be held in Yerevan, key negotiating and political issues on the agenda, as well as the organization of high-level events.

"A little more than a month remains before the start of COP17, and at this stage the country’s priority task is to ensure the conference’s full substantive and organizational readiness in close coordination with the Convention’s Secretariat," the ministry summarized.

Let us recall that COP17 will be held in October of this year in Yerevan. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity is one of the three key international environmental conventions aimed at regulating the efforts of the international community to ensure environmental sustainability, protect biodiversity, restore ecosystems and sustainably use natural resources. Conferences of the Parties to the Convention are among the largest global environmental events, held every two years, during which participating countries develop mechanisms to implement the Convention’s provisions and adopt new commitments to strengthen the protection of natural resources. Representatives of civil society, including representatives of non-governmental organizations, Indigenous peoples, the scientific community, women’s and youth organizations, as well as the private sector, actively participate in the Conferences.