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UNEA-7 dropped a draft resolution to strengthen UNEP’s Nairobi headquarters without explanation.

The proposal had aimed to consolidate future environmental treaty secretariats under UNEP.

Delegates from developing countries had backed the resolution strongly.

Civil society groups expressed concern over the decision.

Supporters say the issue is likely to return at future UN environment assemblies.

The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) has dropped a draft resolution aimed at strengthening the role of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, without providing an explanation — a move that some delegates say undermines UNEP’s mandate as the st

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