Delegation of Kazakhstan Participated at the Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to the UN Environment Programme in Nairobi

Nairobi, September 16, 2025 – Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Kenya, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the UN Office in Nairobi Barlybai Sadykov took part in the 171^st meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives, which was held at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi.

Following the meeting, the Protocol of the 170^th meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives and the report of the Chairman of the 12^th annual meeting of the Subcommittee of the Committee of Permanent Representatives were adopted, the UNEP report on evaluation and audit was considered, and information was provided on preparations for the seventh session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7). Furthermore, the issue of developing a draft UNEP Medium-Term Strategy for 2026-2029 and the UNEP Work Programme and Budget for the period 2026-2027 was also discussed.

During the meeting, UNEP Executive Director I.Andersen presented a report on key global, regional and national events held in the second quarter of 2025 to implement the UNEP Medium-Term Strategy (2022-2025) and the Programme of Work for 2024-2025. In addition, information was provided on the progress in implementing programmes and resolutions adopted following the 6^th session of the UN Environment Assembly in 2024.

Ambassador Sadykov, speaking during this meeting, noted the importance of the Program’s work for advancing the global environmental agenda and emphasized Kazakhstan’s commitment to the principles of multilateral diplomacy. In addition, the delegates were introduced to environmental initiatives of the Republic of Kazakhstan, such as holding the Regional Environmental Summit (RES) in Astana in 2026 and the creation of the SCO Center for Water Problems Study in Kazakhstan, put forward by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

It was noted that, in order to implement the initiative to hold the RES, the delegation of Kazakhstan, together with UNEP, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, and the Regional Environment Centre for Central Asia, will hold an official side event on the sidelines of the 7^th UNEA Assembly in December 8-12^th, 2025 on the theme “Drying Seas and Lakes - A Global Catastrophe of the 21^st  Century: Regional Responses through the Cases of the Caspian and Aral Seas, and Experiences from Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Asia”.

UNEP Member States agreed to take active steps to develop the Medium-Term Strategy for 2026-2029 and the Programme of Work and Budget for the period 2026-2027 for their approval at the UNEA-7 Assembly.

The Committee of Permanent Representatives is an intersessional subsidiary body of the UN Environment Assembly that regularly reviews the implementation of decisions of the UN Environment Assembly, guides the development of the Programme of Work and Budget and monitors their implementation, and oversees the work of the UNEP secretariat. The Committee of Permanent Representatives, in accordance with Governing Council decision 19/32, shall comprise accredited representatives of all Member States of the United Nations, the specialized agencies of the United Nations and the European Union, whether based in Nairobi or elsewhere.