24 June 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) has reported that the Government of Norway has designated 14 new Wetlands of International Importance, bringing its total number of sites on the Ramsar List to 51. All 14 sites are protected under national law as nature reserves, national parks or protected landscapes.
18 June 2011: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has announced that it has signed a revised Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the BirdLife International Pacific Partnership for conservation in the Pacific region, which has more threatened bird species per unit of land area than any other region in the world, as well as the most extinctions.
23 June 2011: The number of signatories to the Convention on Biological Diversity's (CBD) Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS) has reached 37, following recent signatures by Gabon, Mauritania and Ghana, as well as by the European Union (EU) and 12 of its member States.
23 June 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) sponsored a press conference on the launch of a report by the International Programme on State of the Oceans (IPSO) on the protection of marine species, during which marine experts panellists highlighted that changes in the oceans are being driven at an extraordinary pace, entailing a dramatic rise in the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
22 June 2011: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) has elected by acclamation Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser (Qatar) to be its next President. He will succeed Joseph Deiss (Switzerland) when he takes over the presidency in mid-September 2011 as the 66th session of the Assembly begins.
21 June 2011: Acting on the recommendation of the Security Council, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) has unanimously appointed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for a second five-year term beginning 1 January 2012.
20 June 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has announced that the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 6) will be held from 1-5 October 2012, in Hyderabad, India.
17 June 2011: The Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) has invited Regional Plant Protection Organizations (RPPOs) and National Plant Protection Offices (NPPOs) to provide technical resources for a project to support developing countries to develop basic technical resources necessary for performing critical tasks associated with protecting plant health.
17 June 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has initiated preparation of an assessment of the links and opportunities between urbanization and biodiversity for the 11th meeting of the CBD Conference of the Parties, by inviting parties to encourage sub-national governments, cities and local authorities to send the Secretariat information on the application of the Singapore Index on Cities' Biodiversity.
16 June 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has invited reports on parties' progress in raising issues related to gaps and inconsistencies in the international regulatory framework on invasive alien species (IAS) to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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