From 22-26 October 2018, UN Environment will convene a series of meetings in New York, USA. The purpose of the meetings include, inter alia, supporting the first ever presentation of the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment to the UN General Assembly at the Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Issues. The report urges the General Assembly to recognize the human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The meetings will be as follows: 22nd to 23rd October: Expert meeting on the right to a healthy environment 24th October: Panel Discussion on the right to a healthy environment 25th October: Interactive Dialogues at the Third Committee of the General Assembly at its 73rd session From 22-26 October 2018, UN Environment will convene a series of meetings in New York, USA. The purpose of the meetings include, inter alia, supporting the first ever presentation of the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment to the UN General Assembly at the Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Issues. The report urges the General Assembly to recognize the human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The meetings will be as follows: 22nd to 23rd October: Expert meeting on the right to a healthy environment 24th October: Panel Discussion on the right to a healthy environment 25th October: Interactive Dialogues at the Third Committee of the General Assembly at its 73rd session
