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UN Convention to Combat Desertification
Seventh Session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 7) and First Special Session of the Committee on Science and Technology (CST S-1)
3-14 November 2008 | Istanbul, Turkey
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Highlights from Friday, 14 November 2008
CRIC 7 Chair Torres opened the closing plenary at 10:05 am on Friday, 14 November. After delegates learned that the Spanish COP 8 Presidency had supported an effort leading to an agreement with the Joint Inspection Unit on the financing of the assessment of the Global Mechanism, and that the assessment would begin in December 2008, delegates adjourned until the afternoon, when the CRIC 7 draft report was distributed. After reviewing the draft report, delegates reconvened at 4:00 pm and offered comments on the draft and the challenges that must be addressed in the lead up to and at COP 9. Delegates adopted the CRIC report and the meeting was closed at 5:58 pm.
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Grégoire de Kalbermatten, Deputy Executive Secretary, Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of the UNCCD, Massimo Candelori, UNCCD Secretariat, and Chair Israel Torres at the closing plenary. |
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Daily web coverage
Monday, 3 and Tuesday, 4 November - Wednesday, 5 November - Thursday, 6 November - Friday, 7 November
Monday, 10 November - Tuesday, 11 November - Wednesday, 12 November - Thursday, 13 November - Friday, 14 November
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| Delegates at the closing plenary |
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Hussein Nasrallah, Lebanon, Rapporteur for CRIC 7 |
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| Mohammed Ghanam, Morocco |
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Gustavo Pacheco, Brazil |
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| Richard Mwendandu, Patrick Osare and Frank Masafiri, Kenya |
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| Christian Mersmann, Managing Director of the GM |
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Rajeb Boulharouf, UNCCD Secretariat, Chair Israel Torres, Panama, Massimo Candelori, UNCCD Secretariat, and Hussein Nasrallah, Lebanon, Rapporteur for CRIC 7 |
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| Abdu Alassiri, Saudi Arabia, and Hussein Nasrallah, Lebanon, Rapporteur for CRIC 7 |
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Liliane Ortega, Switzerland, and Jon Heikki Aas, Norway |
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Francisco Jarabo Sánchez, Paloma Ramos Fernandez, and Beatriz Bueno González, Spain
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| A representative of the Turkish goverment and Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of the UNCCD, hold a press conference on the outcomes of the first Special Session of the CST and CRIC 7. |
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| Wagaki Mwangi, IISDRS Kenya, Michael Angstreich, Norway, Lynn Wagner IISDRS, United States, Kunbao Xia, IISDRS, China, and Alexandra Conliffe IISDRS, Canada |
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| Gerald Meke, Malawi, George Kafumu, Tanzania, Joseph Kihaule, Tanzania, and Robert Kiumsi, Tanzania
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Delegates in the corridors |
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| ENB Writers hold discussions with Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of the UNCCD, (above), and with Christian Mersmann, Managing Director of the GM (below) |
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Daily web coverage
Monday, 3 and Tuesday, 4 November - Wednesday, 5 November - Thursday, 6 November - Friday, 7 November
Monday, 10 November - Tuesday, 11 November - Wednesday, 12 November - Thursday, 13 November - Friday, 14 November
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Links
 UNCCD CRIC 7 and Special Session of the CST website
Special Session of the CST documents
CRIC 7 documents
UNCCD Global Mechanism
IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of the UNCCD High-Level Policy Dialogue, 27 May 2008, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS coverage of the Eighth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (COP 8), 3-14 September 2007, Madrid, Spain
IISD RS coverage of the Fifth session of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification’s Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 5), 12-21 March 2007, Buenos Aires, Argentina
IISD RS coverage of the Seventh session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 7) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (CCD), 17-28 October 2005, Nairobi, Kenya
IISD RS "Linkages" archive of Desertification meetings
Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news
AFRICASD-L - Africa Sustainable Development policy news and announcement Listserve
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
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