The EMG membership consists of the specialised agencies, programmes and organs of the United Nations, including secretariats of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements. This includes the Bretton Woods institutions and the World Trade Organisation. Contact information, links to websites and a summary of each member’s environmental mandate and activities are provided below.
Representatives of relevant sectors of the civil society and of international non-governmental organizations with a potential and specific expertise related to the issues being deliberated by the Group may be invited by the Chairman of the Group to participate in meetings of the Group, upon the request of the Group members, and taking due account of respective United Nations rules and procedures. They may also participate in the work of an issue management group if required by the specific issue under discussion and so decided by the group. Accordingly, the lead agency of the issue management group will invite the specific additional participants.
Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS)
International Environment House, 11-13 Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Geneva, Switzerland
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
413 St. Jacques St, Suite 800, Montreal, Quebec H2Y 1N9 Canada
Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
International Environment House, 11-13 Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Geneva, Switzerland
Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)
United Nations Premises, 10 Hermann-Ehlers-Str, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
Secretariat of the Vienna Convention and its Montreal Protocol (Ozone Secretariat)
United Nations Avenue, Gigiri PO Box 30552, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
Department of Operational Support (DOS)
DC1 – 1500, New York, NY 10017 USA
Economic and Social Commission for Africa (ECA)
Menelik II Ave, P.O. Box 3001, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
Palais des Nations, 8-14 Avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Economic and Social Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Av. Dag Hammarskjöld 3477, Vitacura, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
The United Nations Building, Rajadamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200 Thailand
Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA)
UN-House, Riad El-Solh Square, Beirut, Lebanon
International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)
999 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3C 5H7 Canada
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Via Paolo di Dono, 4400142 Rome, Italy
International Labour Organisation (ILO)
4 Route des Morillons, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
700 19th St NW, Washington, D.C. 20431 USA
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
17 Route des Morillons, 1218 Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland
International Trade Centre (ITC)
54-56 Rue de Montbrillant, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Place des Nations, 8-14 Avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
One United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017 USA
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Palais Wilson, 52 Rue des Pâquis, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Langer Eugen/UN Campus, 10 Hermann-Ehlers Strasse, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Palais des Nations, 8-14 Avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Two United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017 USA
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
One United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017 USA
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
7bis Avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Avenue, Gigiri PO Box 30552, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
7 Place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP France
Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Haus Carstanjen, 8 Martin-Luther-King-Strasse, 53175 Bonn, Germany
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 USA
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi, Kenya
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
94 Rue de Montbrillant, Case Postale 2500, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
UNICEF House, 3 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017 USA
United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)
Vienna International Centre, 5 Wagramerstrasse, P.O. Box 300, Vienna, Austria
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
7 bis, Avenue de la Paix, CH-1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Vienna International Centre, 5 Wagramerstrasse, Vienna, Austria
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
Vienna International Centre, 5 Wagramerstrasse, Vienna, Austria
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
Marmorvej 51, P.O. Box 2695, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
United Nations University (UNU)
5-53-70 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8925, Japan
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN)
220 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017 USA
United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)
Capitán Haya 42, 28020 Madrid, Spain
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
International Bureau, 4 Weltpoststrasse, 3015 Bern, Switzerland
World Food Program (WFP)
68 Via C.G.Viola, Parco dei Medici, 00148 – Rome, Italy
World Health Organisation (WHO)
20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
34 Chemin des Colombettes, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
7bis Avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
The World Bank Group (The World Bank)
1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433 USA
World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Centre William Rappard, 154 Rue de Lausanne, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Minamata Convention on Mercury (Minamata)
International Environment House, 11-13 Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Geneva, Switzerland
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat (Ramsar)
28 Rue Mauverney, 1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel, fax 1211 Geneva, Switzerland)
United Nations Youth Office
New York City, United States | 801 1st Avenue | 5th Floor