It has a lot of potential, especially under Klaus Toepfer. I would not like to see UNEP dying slowly in Nairobi and having a totally new organization elsewhere. Then we should really reinforce the network of UNEP, having the organization in Nairobi, with a strong political representation in New York, a strong technical coordination unit in Geneva, and probably regionally. I feel strongly that UNEP has to get a high responsibility for the environment throughout the UN system. You have many useful opportunities to get people to speak out.
People have political constraints but also time constraints and capacity constraints.
And that's a pity. We really lack a group of people regularly pushing views on the environment internationally. Not really-because then you have 189 different voices, and it will not be really effective. There should be more interaction between bilateral and multilateral agencies. I have the impression that good projects can come from combinations of bilateral and multilateral approaches.