APN President Razan Zuayter has attended a meeting held by the UN Environment Program (UNEP) on the sidelines of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development Conference in Beirut, Lebanon.  Speaking during the meeting on Nov.17th, 2015, Zuayter underlined the need to further develop communication between the UN agency and Arab civil society.

She said attention should be directed to impacts of occupations and wars on the environment and ways to deal with them. The meeting was held by UNEP Middle East Regional Director Iyad Abu Mughli and attended by Mrs. Melanie Hutchinson and Mrs. Awatif Abdulla Al-Hammadi.