African Major Groups and Stakeholders Statement to the Twelfth Session of the Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum (GMGSF12) and the 26th Regular Session of the UNEP Governing Council/ Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC26/GMEF).

PREAMBLE We, representatives of African Major Groups and Stakeholders embrace UNEP’s role in constructively engaging us on key environmental issues to be addressed by the Member States during the GC26/GMEF; Recognizing ‘paragraph 63 of the Bamako Declaration on the environment for sustainable development’ adopted during the 13th session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) in Bamako, that urged African Countries to continue to support processes aimed at improving the international environment governance system; We recommend: