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Human Rights and the Environment

The EMG, in collaboration with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), organized a three-part Nexus Dialogue series on Human Rights and the Environment to strengthen understanding of the human right to a healthy environment and promote more coherent, rights-based environmental action across the UN system. 

Issue Management Group on the Sound Management of Chemicals and Wastes

The EMG Issue Management Group on Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste was established in 2014 to strengthen the priority given to chemicals management across the UN system and improve coordination in supporting countries towards the global 2020 goal on sound chemicals management. The Group brought together expertise from across the UN system to examine how chemicals and waste issues could be better integrated into economic, social and sustainable development planning. UN Environment Management Group. A major outcome was the 2015 synthesis report, United Nations and Sound Chemicals Management: Coordinating delivery for Member States and sustainable development.

United Nations and the Sound Chemicals Management: Coordinating delivery for Member States and sustainable development

The report signals the importance of sound chemicals management to the broader sustainable development agenda, showcases what has already been accomplished, and indicates how the UN system can further assist Member States in achieving sound chemicals management in the context of sustainable development.

United Nations System-wide Response to Tackling E-waste

This report signals the importance of collaboration and coordination among UN entities in sustainably solving the global e-waste problem. It showcases efforts by UN Environment Management Group (EMG) Members who have already undertaken various successful activities in the e-waste domain and also highlights the areas which still require improvement, or where efforts are lacking.