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Member states had failed to reach a consensus on intersessional work at the third meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) held under United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) aegis in Nairobi last year. However, there were expectations that INC-4 would facilitate agreement among member states to engage in intersessional work on various issues.
During the fourth plenary session held on April 28 - the penultimate day of INC-4 - the Chair introduced a proposal open for comments from member states.
The proposal aimed to establish an ad hoc intersessional open-...