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Ninth session of the Conference of the Parties to the
UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 9)
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Lincoln Ralechate Mokose, Minister of Forestry and Land Reclamation, Lesotho, Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of the UNCCD, Sherry Ayittey, Ministry of Forestry and Environment, Ghana, Sergio La Rocca, Under-Secretary of Planning and Environmental Policy of Argentina, Octavio Pérez Pardo, Director of Soil Conservation, Argentina, Clemente Dlamini, Ministry of Environment, Swaziland, and Ramadham Saif Kajembe, Ministry of Forestry and Environment, Kenya
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Monday, 28 September - Tuesday, 29 September - Wednesday, 30 September - Thursday, 1 October - Friday, 2 October |
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Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of the UNCCD |
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Homero Bibiloni, Secretary of Environment and Sustainable Development of Argentina |
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COW Chair Ismail Abdel Galil Hussein |
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Syrian Arab Republic's representatives |
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Laura Russo, ENB and Jan McAlpine, Director, UNFF Secretariat |
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Fatima Sleiman, Bait Al Hikma Foundation |
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Jerry Lengoasa, Assistant Secretary-General, WMO |
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Sherry Ayittey, Ministry of Forestry and Environment, Ghana |
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Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary |
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Francis Nhema, Minister of Enviroment and Tourism, Zimbawe |
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Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Minister of Environment and Tourism, Namibia |
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High level representatives visit COP9 exhibitions |
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Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of the UNCCD, Sherry Ayittey, Ministry of Forestry and Environment, Ghana, Ramadham Saif Kajembe, Ministry of Environment, Kenya, and Kwon Byong Hyon, Republic of Korea |
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Asa-Britt Karlsson, Vice-Minister for Environment, Sweden |
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Soledad Blanco, Director, EC Directorate General for Environment |
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Daily Highlights
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Monday, 21 September - Tuesday, 22 September - Wednesday, 23 September - Thursday, 24 September - Friday, 25 September
Monday, 28 September - Tuesday, 29 September - Wednesday, 30 September - Thursday, 1 October - Friday, 2 October |
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UNCCD resources
UNCCD website
UNCCD COP 9 homepage
UNCCD COP 9 agenda
UNCCD COP 9 official documents
UNCCD Global Mechanism
Global Environment Facility (GEF) resource
GEF website
IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of UNCCD CST 1 and CRIC 7, 3-14 November 2008, Istanbul, Turkey
IISD RS coverage of the UNCCD High-Level Policy Dialogue, 27 May 2008, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS coverage of UNCCD COP 8, 3-14 September 2007, Madrid, Spain
IISD RS summary of the First Extraordinary Session of the COP, 26 November 2007, UN Headquarters, New York, US (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of UNCCD CRIC 5, 12-21 March 2007, Buenos Aires, Argentina
IISD RS coverage of UNCCD COP 7, 17-28 October 2005, Nairobi, Kenya
IISD RS “Linkages” archive of desertification meetings
Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news
MEA Bulletin - Newsletter on key MEAs and their secretariats
Climate Change Policy & Practice - News and information on the actions of international organizations in responding to the problem of global climate change
African Regional Coverage |
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