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Daily Bulletins
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Ninth session of the Conference of the Parties to the
UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 9)
21 September - 2 October 2009 | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Highlights for Friday, 2 October 2009 |
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The ninth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 9) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) convened in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 21 September - 2 October 2009, along with the eighth session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 8) and the ninth session of the Committee on Science and Technology (CST 9). This was the first COP following the adoption in 2007 of the ten-year strategic plan and framework for the implementation of the Convention (2008-2018), and the 1,700 registered participants discussed numerous agenda items related to that decision.
The CST convened during the first week, including for its first Scientific Conference, to discuss “Biophysical and socioeconomic monitoring and assessment of desertification and land degradation, to support decision-making in land and water management.” A high-level segment also took place, with over 60 countries participating in three roundtables on global trends of desertification, land degradation and drought, linkages with climate change and partnerships. Participants also attended an open dialogue session with civil society organizations.
The COP approved thirty-six decisions before the final gavel came down at 7:50 am on Saturday, 3 October. Delegates highlighted several positive outcomes, including: development of impact indicators in the CST; a budget decision that includes a small increase in funding; enabling the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention to become a standing subsidiary body of the COP; and support for the long-discussed regional coordination mechanisms. The agenda item on the GM-Secretariat relationship, however, overshadowed much of the conference. Despite expectations that a COP 9 decision might lead to a new shared understanding of the structure and mandate of the Convention’s bodies, polarized positions on these issues resulted in a late night impasse and decisions that largely left resolution on this issue to a future COP. |
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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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Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of the UNCCD |
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Homero Bibiloni, Secretary of Environment and Sustainable Development of Argentina, and COW Chair Ismail Abdel Galil Hussein |
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Lawrence Townley-Smith, Canada |
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Homero Bibiloni, Secretary of Environment and Sustainable Development of Argentina |
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Kelly Milton, United States |
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Participants consider options to move ahead. |
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Sem Shikongo (middle), Namibia |
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Homero Bibiloni, Secretary of Environment and Sustainable Development of Argentina |
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View of the contact group |
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María Nery Urquiza Rodríguez, Cuba |
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Cesar Altamirano, Bolivia |
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Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of the UNCCD |
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Marcos Montoiro, UNCCD Secretariat |
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Central hall of the Hilton Hotel |
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Republic of Korea exhibition |
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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 Oc
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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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