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The EMG membership consists of the specialised agencies, programmes and organs of the United Nations, including secretariats of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements. This includes the Bretton Woods institutions and the World Trade Organisation. 

Representatives of relevant sectors of civil society and of international non-governmental organizations with expertise related to the issues considered by the EMG may be invited to participate in meetings of the Group or in the Issue Management Groups. 

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The Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

Organization Website Link
https://www.brsmeas.org/

Convention on Biological Diversity

Organization Website Link
https://www.cbd.int/

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

Organization Website Link
https://cites.org/eng

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Organization Website Link
https://www.fao.org/home/en

Global Environment Facility

Organization Website Link
https://www.thegef.org/

International Atomic Energy Agency

Organization Website Link
https://www.iaea.org/

International Civil Aviation Organization

Organization Website Link
https://www.icao.int

International Fund for Agricultural Development

Organization Website Link
https://www.ifad.org/

International Labour Organization

Organization Website Link
https://www.ilo.org/

International Maritime Organization

Organization Website Link
https://www.imo.org/en/

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Organization Website Link
https://www.undrr.org/

International Telecommunication Union

Organization Website Link
https://www.itu.int/en/Pages/default.aspx

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Observer)

Organization Website Link
https://iucn.org/

United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner

Organization Website Link
https://www.ohchr.org/en/ohchr_homepage

Minamata Convention on Mercury

Organization Website Link
https://minamataconvention.org/en

International Trade Centre

Organization Website Link
https://www.intracen.org/

Ozone Secretariat

Organization Website Link
https://ozone.unep.org/

Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Organization Website Link
https://www.ramsar.org/

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

Organization Website Link
https://www.unccd.int/

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Organization Website Link
https://www.un.org/en/desa

United Nations Field Support

Organization Website Link
https://operationalsupport.un.org/en/about-un-field-support

UN Economic Commission for Africa

Organization Website Link
https://www.uneca.org/

UN Economic Commission for Europe

Organization Website Link
https://unece.org/

UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Organization Website Link
https://www.cepal.org/en

UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Organization Website Link
https://www.unescap.org/

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Organization Website Link
https://www.unesco.org/en

United Nations Environment Programme

Organization Website Link
https://www.unep.org/

United Nations Climate Change

Organization Website Link
https://unfccc.int/

UN Habitat

Organization Website Link
https://unhabitat.org/

United Nations Refugee Agency

Organization Website Link
https://www.unhcr.org/

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Organization Website Link
https://www.unido.org/

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

Organization Website Link
https://unitar.org/

United Nations Children's Fund

Organization Website Link
https://www.unicef.org/

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Organization Website Link
https://www.unocha.org/

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

Organization Website Link
https://www.unoosa.org/

United Nations Office for Project Services

Organization Website Link
https://www.unops.org/

United Nations Population Fund

Organization Website Link
https://www.unfpa.org/

UN Tourism

Organization Website Link
https://www.unwto.org/

UN Trade and Development

Organization Website Link
https://unctad.org/

United Nations University

Organization Website Link
https://unu.edu/

UN Women

Organization Website Link
https://www.unwomen.org/

Universal Postal Union

Organization Website Link
https://www.upu.int/en/Universal-Postal-Union

World Bank Group

Organization Website Link
https://www.worldbank.org/ext/en/home

World Food Programme

Organization Website Link
https://www.wfp.org/

World Health Organization

Organization Website Link
https://www.who.int/

World Intellectual Property Organization

Organization Website Link
https://www.wipo.int/portal/en/index.html

World Meteorological Organization

Organization Website Link
https://wmo.int/

World Trade Organization

Organization Website Link
https://www.wto.org/

WWF (Observer)

Organization Website Link
https://wwf.org/

Convention on Migratory Species

Organization Website Link
https://www.cms.int/

UN Economic and Social Commission for West Asia

This is the first organisation

Organization Website Link
https://www.unescwa.org/

United Nations Development Programme

Organization Website Link
https://www.undp.org/

International Organization for Migration

Organization Website Link
https://www.iom.int/

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

Organization Website Link
https://www.unrwa.org/

UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (Observer)

Organization Website Link
https://unsceb.org/

United Nations Capital Development Fund

Organization Website Link
https://www.uncdf.org/

International Seabed Authority

Organization Website Link
https://isa.org.jm/

International Monetary Fund

Organization Website Link
https://www.imf.org/en/home

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Organization Website Link
https://www.unodc.org/

United Nations Development Coordination Office

Organization Website Link
https://un-dco.org/

United Nations Youth Office

Organization Website Link
https://www.un.org/youthaffairs/en