On the final day of #OECPR6, delegates petitioned for more hours in the day as they faced the inevitable truth that draft resolutions moving to #UNEA6 will remain highly bracketed.
The sentiment felt across the closing plenary was that the marathon to UNEA-6 has only just begun.
Delegates at #OECPR6 meeting in three parallel sessions felt the pressure of Friday's looming deadline.
However, by mid Thursday, the working groups were still contending with bracketed text on contentious issues such as armed conflict and jurisdiction of the high seas.
The #OECPR6 plenary resumed Wednesday morning to assess progress
A number of interventions cited time pressure, workload, conflicting working groups, and disparity in delegations’ human resource capacity to meet the demands of this meeting
But the determination to push through challenges prevailed
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The levity of the opening day of #OECPR6 shifted to a sense of urgency as delegates tried to make progress on the negotiations of the draft resolutions to be adopted by the United Nations Environment Assembly next week.
Consensus was elusive and it became clear long nights are ahead in Nairobi.
Delegates at #OECPR6 urged ramping up action to address the triple planetary crisis through an inclusive, cross-sectoral, and science-based approach.
Participants drew attention to geopolitical strife, but remained steadfast in their collective commitment and enthusiasm for multilateral solutions.
