President and Bureau

UNEA-6 was led by a Bureau and its President.

The UNEA-6 Bureau was elected for a period of two years starting at the closure of the fifth session of UNEA in March 2022 and it is composed of ten members, comprising one President, eight Vice Presidents and one Rapporteur at ministerial level, with two members representing each of the five United Nations regions. 

Related to the work of the Bureau and its organization of work:

President

H.E. Ms. Leila Benali

President of UNEA and Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development of Morocco

Vice Presidents

	H.E. Mr. Silvio Jose Albuquerque e Silva Vice President of UNEA and Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations Environmental Programme and Ambassador Extraordinary Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Brazil
	H.E. Ms. Susana Muhamad Gonzales Vice-President of UNEA and Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia
	H.E. Dr. Jafar Barmaki Vice President of UNEA, Ambassador and former Permanent Representative to UNEP and UN-Habitat of the Islamic Republic of Iran
	H.E. Mr. Duarte Cordeiro Vice President of UNEA and Minister for Environment and Climate Action of Portugal
	H.E. Mr. Alioune Ndoye Vice President of UNEA and Minister of Environment, Sustainable Development and Ecological Transformation of Senegal
	H.E. Mr. Norbert Kurilla Vice President of UNEA and Advisor to the President of the Slovak Republic
	H.E. Ms. Rebecca Pow Vice President of UNEA and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Nature of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
	Vice president from the group of Asia-Pacific States Vacant