To provide leadership and encourage partnership is caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and its peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations

The Mission of the United Nation's Environment Programme is - "To provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations." The major Milestones of the UNEP include: 1973 - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) 1985 - Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer 1987 - Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer 1988 - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 1989 - Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes 1992 - UN Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) publishes Agenda 21, a blueprint for sustainable development 1992 - Convention on Biological Diversity 2000 - Malmö Declaration - first Global Ministerial Forum on the Environment calls for strengthened international environmental governance 2000 - Millennium Declaration - environmental sustainability was included as one of eight Millennium Development Goals 2002 - World Summit on Sustainable Development 2004 - Bali Strategic Plan for Technology Support and Capacity Building 2005 - World Summit outcome document highlights key role of environment in sustainable development 2012 - The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20) 2013-15 - High level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2015 - United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, 2015 (New York)