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Activists have criticized the organization as being slow to address global threats to the environment, but at UN's Environment Assembly this week nations pledged to negotiate a binding treaty to reduce plastic pollution

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It sets the stage for international negotiations designed to produce a treaty by 2024.

Late Prime Minister Indira Gandhis Stockholm address linking environmental conservation and poverty reduction was echoed in the high-level opening ceremony of the special UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) beginning here on Thursday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the creation of UNEP.

Today, the United Nations Environment Assembly adopted a broad negotiating mandate for a new legally binding international agreement on plastic pollution. Under the mandate, countries are expected to adopt a final agreement by the end of 2024.

United Nations countries have agreed to create a legally binding global treaty to address plastic pollution in the world’s oceans, rivers and landscape. The U.N. Environment Assembly voted unanimously Wednesday at its meeting in Kenya’s capital Nairobi for a resolution “to end plastic pollution.” It sets the stage for international negotiations designed to produce a…

The United Nations staff working in Kenya will be exempted from paying taxes, besides other benefits, as part of Kenya’s commitment in support...

The fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly began on Monday in Nairobi, Kenya, with high hopes to strike a global agreement on controlling plastic pollution amid the push for greener economies and greater protection of the planet's biodiversity.

The United Nations is to launch formal negotiations on Wednesday for a global treaty to address a plastic trash "epidemic" that supporters say is a historic moment for the planet.

The fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly began on Monday in Nairobi, Kenya, with high hopes to strike a global agreement on controlling plastic pollution amid the push for greener economies and greater protection of the planet's biodiversity.