Report of the first session of the European Environment and Health Ministerial Board (EEHMB): Paris, France, 4–5 May 2011
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World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
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9 p.
The European Environment and Health Ministerial Board (EHMB) was created by the Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health (Parma, Italy, March 2010) to provide leadership and guidance on refining the priorities for action identified in Parma and on monitoring work to ensure accountability with respect to the commitments made at the Conference. At its first session, the EHMB agreed on its rules of procedure, which ensure that the Board is fully transparent and accountable to WHO’s Member States.The Board discussed the next steps in the European environment and health process, emphasizing the need to clarify the priorities within that process, its links to existing multilateral environmental agreements and its contribution to the sustainable development agenda. The Board also considered the approaches and tools that could be used to monitor and follow up implementation of the Parma commitments, as well as the progress made towards establishing the European Environment and Health Task Force.
The European Environment and Health Ministerial Board (EHMB) was created by the Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health (Parma, Italy, March 2010) to provide leadership and guidance on refining the priorities for action identified in Parma and on monitoring work to ensure accountability with respect to the commitments made at the Conference. At its first session, the EHMB agreed on its rules of procedure, which ensure that the Board is fully transparent and accountable to WHO’s Member States.The Board discussed the next steps in the European environment and health process, emphasizing the need to clarify the priorities within that process, its links to existing multilateral environmental agreements and its contribution to the sustainable development agenda. The Board also considered the approaches and tools that could be used to monitor and follow up implementation of the Parma commitments, as well as the progress made towards establishing the European Environment and Health Task Force.