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

Silvio
 

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

Gonzales

H.E. Ms. Susana Muhamad Gonzales

Vice-President of UNEA and Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia

jafar
 
 
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. José Duarte Piteira Rica Silvestre Cordeiro
 

H.E. Mr. Duarte Cordeiro

Vice President of UNEA and Minister for Environment and Climate Action of Portugal

H.E. Mr. José Duarte Piteira Rica Silvestre Cordeiro
 

H.E. Mr. Alioune Ndoye

Vice President of UNEA and Minister of Environment, Sustainable Development and Ecological Transformation of Senegal

Norbert Kurilla
 
H.E. Mr. Norbert Kurilla
 
Vice President of UNEA and Advisor to the President of the Slovak Republic
Rebecca Pow

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

 

Rapporteur

Oleksandr

H.E. Mr. Oleksandr Krasnolutskyi

Rapporteur of UNEA and Deputy Minister of Environment Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine

WHEN:
26 Feb 2024 - 1 Mar 2024
WHERE:
Nairobi, Kenya

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