#BehindTheScenes

Lithuania, Chair of #AarhusMOP8, and the #AarhusConvention Secretariat pose for a photo.

The Chair of the High-level Segment moves #AarhusMOP8 to a close at 17:43 CET. #AarhusPRTRsMoPs

After closing statements, the plenary closes the General Segment of #AarhusMoP8. #AarhusPRTRsMoPs

Having finished their work in contact groups, Parties to #AarhusMoP8 have also reelected and elected members of the Compliance Committee. #AarhusPRTRsMoPs

In a vote on Day 3 of #AarhusPRTRsMoPs, Parties to #AarhusMoP8 have elected @michelforst.bsky.social to continue his mandate on his second term as Special Rapporteur on #EnvironmentalDefenders under the #AarhusConvention, to which he will continue to do his work "impartially and conscientiously."