Report of the third meeting of the European Environment and Health Ministerial Board (EHMB)

Baku, Azerbaijan,16 November 2012

At its third meeting, held in Baku, Azerbaijan on 16 November 2012, the European Environment and Health Ministerial Board (EHMB) discussed the determination of priorities within the European Environment and Health Process, and decided to continue that work in an intersessional process. It decided to develop further the “European Environmental and Health Gateway” in consultation with EHMB members from other United Nations organizations, and to invite the European Environment and Health Youth Coalition to participate in its meetings as an observer. The Board reviewed progress on a communication strategy and a proposed inventory of multilateral environmental agreements, and agreed that the work should continue. It further discussed governance of the EHMB and the Environment and Health Task Force (EHTF); agreed on the proposed structure of its draft report to the WHO Regional Committee for Europe and the UNECE Committee on Environmental Policy; and discussed relations with the European Commission.