Commonwealth Consultative Group on Environment 1998

Fifth Meeting of the Commonwealth Consultative Group on the Environment (CCGE), 28 April 1998, UN, New York

Commonwealth Environment Ministers met on 28 April in New York for the fifth meeting of the Commonwealth Consultative Group on Environment (CCGE). The CCGE is the Commonwealth's primary intergovernmental forum for action on environemental issues. The meeting was convened in conjuction with the high-level segment of the 1998 session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD). The meeting, which was chaired by the Hon Molwyn Joseph, Antigua and Barbuda's Minister for Planning, Implementation and Environment, focused on the sustainable management and use of freshwater resources as a special theme.

Outcomes

• Summary Statement of the Chairman
• Summary of Proceedings

Papers

• Sustainable Management and use of Freshwater Resources: Strategic Issues an Agenda for Action
• The Iwokrama National Rainforest Programme in Guyana: A Provisional Report 
• Provisional Agenda

Background

• Information Release