Nature Use and Environmental Matters in Statements made by the EECCA Countries at the UN General Assembly Debates

Abstract

The article presents some preliminary results of the research that reviewed the statements made at the general debate of the UN General Assembly from 1992 to 2020 by the countries of Eastern Europe, Caucuses and Central Asia focusing on the environmental matters. These findings demonstrate the key environment related priorities of the countries across the years, the ways countries frame them as well as the initiatives and proposals put forward. General trends by countries and regions have been identified and new priority issues for future statements have been proposed. The study was carried out within the framework of the UNECE project “Support to the Network of Russian-Speaking Water Management Organizations”, funded by the Government of the Russian Federation.