EMG Membership

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
Tel: +41 22 917 87 29 Fax: +41 22 917 80 98

Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
413 St. Jacques St, Suite 800, Montreal, Quebec H2Y 1N9 Canada
Tel: +1-514-288-222 Fax: +1-514-288-6588

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
Tel: +41-22-917-8139/40 Fax: +41-22-797-3417

Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)
United Nations Premises, 10 Hermann-Ehlers-Str, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
Tel: +49-228-815-2401/02 Fax: +49-228-815-2449

Department of Operational Support (DOS)
DC1 – 1500, New York, NY 10017 USA
Fax: +1 212 963 9222

Economic and Social Commission for Africa (ECA)
Menelik II Ave, P.O. Box 3001, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: 251-11-551-7200 Fax: 251-11-551-4416

Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
Palais des Nations, 8-14 Avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41-22-917-4444 Fax: +41-22-917-0505

Economic and Social Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Av. Dag Hammarskjöld 3477, Vitacura, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Tel: +56-2-471-2000 Fax: +56-2-208-0252

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
The United Nations Building, Rajadamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200 Thailand
Tel: +66-2-288-1234 Fax: +66-2-288-1000

Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA)
UN-House, Riad El-Solh Square, Beirut, Lebanon
Tel: +961-1-981-301 Fax: +961-1-981-510

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy
Tel: +39-06-57051 Fax: +39-06-570-53152

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
P.O. Box 100 Wagramerstrasse 5A-1400, Vienna, Austria
Tel: +43-1-2600-0 Fax: +43-1-2600-7

International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)
999 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3C 5H7 Canada
Tel: +1-514-954-8219 Fax: +1-514-954-6077

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Via Paolo di Dono, 4400142 Rome, Italy
Tel: +39-065-4591 Fax: +39-065-043463

International Labour Organisation (ILO)
4 Route des Morillons, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41-22-799-6111 Fax: +41-22-798-8685

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
700 19th St NW, Washington, D.C. 20431 USA
Tel: + 1 (202) 623-7000 Fax: + 1 (202) 623-4661

International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR UK
Tel: +44-20-7735-7611 Fax +44-20-7735-3210

International Organization for Migration (IOM)
17 Route des Morillons, 1218 Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland
Tel: +41-22-717-9111 or +41-22-798-6150

International Trade Centre (ITC)
54-56 Rue de Montbrillant, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41-22-730-0111 Fax : +41-22-730-4439

International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Place des Nations, 8-14 Avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41-22-730-5111 Fax: +41-22-733-7256

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
Tel: +41-22-917-9000 Fax: +41-22-917-9008

Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Langer Eugen/UN Campus, 10 Hermann-Ehlers Strasse, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
Tel: +49-228-815-2800 Fax: +49-228-815-2898

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Palais des Nations, 8-14 Avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41-22-917-1234 Fax: +41-22-917-0051

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Two United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017 USA
Tel: +1-212-963-8102 Fax: +1-212-963-4260

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
One United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017 USA
Tel: +1-212-906-5000 Fax: +1-212-906-6973

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) 
7bis Avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41-22-917-8907 Fax: +41-22-917-8964

UNEPUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Avenue, Gigiri PO Box 30552, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-20-621234 Fax: +254-20-624489/90

United Nations Environment Programme – Ozone Secretariat
United Nations Avenue, Gigiri PO Box 30552, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-20-762 3851/3611 Fax: +254-20-762 46 91/92/93

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
7 Place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP France
Tel: +33-1-4568-1000 Fax: +33-1-4567-1690

Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Haus Carstanjen, 8 Martin-Luther-King-Strasse, 53175 Bonn, Germany
Tel: +49-228-815-1000 Fax: +49-228-815-1999

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 USA
Tel: +1-212-297-5000 Fax: +1-212-370-0201

United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-20-62-3120 Fax: +254-20-62-3477

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
94 Rue de Montbrillant, Case Postale 2500, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41-22-739-8111 Fax: +41-22-739-7377

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
UNICEF House, 3 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017 USA
Tel: +1-212-326-7000 Fax: +1-212-887-7465/7454

United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)
Vienna International Centre, 5 Wagramerstrasse, P.O. Box 300, Vienna, Austria
Tel: +43-1-2600-0 Fax: +43-1-2692669

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
International Environment House, 11-13 Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41-22-917-8455 Fax: +41-22-917-8047

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
Tel: +43-1-260 60 4950 Fax: +43-1-260 60 5830

United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
Marmorvej 51, P.O. Box 2695, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Tel: +45 4533 5000

United Nations University (UNU)
5-53-70 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8925, Japan
Tel: +81-3-3499-2811 Fax: +81-3-3499-2828

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN)
220 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017 USA
Tel: +1 646 781-4400 Fax: +1 646 781-4444

United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)
Capitán Haya 42, 28020 Madrid, Spain
Tel: +34-91-567-8100 Fax: +1-34-91-571-3733

Universal Postal Union (UPU)
International Bureau, 4 Weltpoststrasse, 3015 Bern, Switzerland
Tel : +41-31-350-3111 Fax: +41-31-350-3110

World Food Program (WFP)
68 Via C.G.Viola, Parco dei Medici, 00148 – Rome, Italy
Tel: +39-06-6513 Fax: +39-06-6513 2840

World Health Organisation (WHO)
20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41-22-791-2111 Fax: +41-22-791-3111

World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
34 Chemin des Colombettes, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41-22-338-9111 Fax: +41-22-733-5428

World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
7bis Avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41-22-730-8111 Fax: +41-22-730-8181

The World Bank Group (The World Bank)
1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433 USA
Tel: +1-202-473-1000 Fax: +1-202-477-6391

World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Centre William Rappard, 154 Rue de Lausanne, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41-22-739-5111 Fax: +41-22-739-4206

Minamata Convention on Mercury (Minamata)
International Environment House, 11-13 Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Geneva, Switzerland
Fax: +41 22 797 34 60

Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat (Ramsar) 
28 Rue Mauverney, 1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel, fax 1211 Geneva, Switzerland)
Tel: +41-22-999-0170 Fax: +41-22-999-0169