Pursuant to United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) resolution 5/14 entitled “End plastic pollution: Towards an international legally binding instrument”, the participation in the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) is open to all Member States of the United Nations or Members of its specialized agencies, to regional economic integration organizations, and to relevant Observers, consistent with applicable United Nations rules. In the same resolution, UNEA requested the Executive Director to facilitate the participation of, and close cooperation and coordination with, relevant regional and international instruments and initiatives and all relevant stakeholders in the context of the mandate of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee.

The second part of the fifth session of the INC (INC-5.2) will take place fully in-person.