RT null T1 Report of the Ministerial Meeting - African Ministerial Conference on the Environment: Eighth Special Session. Ministerial Meeting T2 Rapport du segment ministériel - Conférence ministérielle africaine sur l’environnement: Huitième session extraordinaire. Segment ministériel A1 United Nations Environment Programme, A1 African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, K1 Africa K1 zoonotic disease K1 COVID-19 K1 biological diversity K1 climate change K1 environmental agreement YR 2020 FD 2020-12 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34819 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34819 NO The ministerial meeting of the eighth special session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) was held on 4 December 2020. In view of the evolving global situation with regard to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the meeting was held online. The meeting was attended by representatives of AMCEN member States, other States, African regional and subregional organizations, United Nations entities and the secretariats of various environmental conventions, partners, and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations. The ministerial segment was chaired by Ms. Barbara Creecy, Minister for the Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa, and President of AMCEN. Ms. Cecilia Kinuthia-Njenga, Head, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) South Africa office, served as moderator of the opening ceremony. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 16, 2026