At its twenty-fourth session, the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum requested the Executive Director to develop a Medium-term Strategy for 2010–2013 with a “clearly defined vision, objectives, priorities, impact measures and a robust mechanism for review” (decision 24/9, paragraph 13).The Medium-term Strategy was developed in consultation with the UNEP Committee of Permanent Representatives and also reflects input from UNEP administered multilateral environmental agreement secretariats and from civil society and the private sector obtained through extensive consultations during the last half of 2007. Preparation of the Strategy was further informed by a review of the medium-term strategies of other United.