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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, 7 November 2008
The seventh session of the UNCCD Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 7) opened on Friday, 7 November 2008. Delegates participated in a general discussion on the implementation of the ten-year strategic plan before and after an interactive dialogue on UNCCD strategic orientations.
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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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Rizwan Irshad, Pakistan |
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Carlos Andaluz Westreicher, Red Internacional de ONG sobre Desertificacion America Latina y El Caribe (RIOD) and Guillermo Avanzini, Peru |
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Selim Kapur, Turkey |
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Franklin Moore, United States |
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Abdelkader Khelifa, Algeria |
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Massimo Candelori, UNCCD Secretariat |
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Abdu Alassiri, Saudi Arabia |
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Osita Anaedu, Nigeria |
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Bongani Masuku, Swaziland |
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Wilfredo Alfaro Catalán, Chile |
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Michael Andrew, Saint Lucia
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Mohammed Ghanam, Morocco |
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Mukktar Ahmed, Sudan |
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Jato Sillah, Gambia |
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Cristina Manzano, International Federation of Agricultural Producers and Milka Slavia Castro Lucic, University of Chile |
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Luca Montanarella, European Community |
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Sem Shikongo, Namibia |
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Christophe Crepin, World Bank |
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Godert van Lynden, World Soil Information |
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Philbert Brown, Moderator and Modou Diagne Fada, Chair of the Interactive Dialogue |
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Milka Slavia Castro Lucic |
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Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of the UNCCD and Moderator Philbert Brown |
In the evening, the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) held an informal briefing on its proposed Terms of Reference for the assessment of the Global Mechanism. |
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Rajeb Boulharouf and Tadanori Inomata, JIU |
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NGO represetatives: Miguel Angel Crespo, Bolivia, Jose Miguel Torrico, Chile, Julian R. Varela, Argentina, Andres Sebastian Ramirez, Argentina. |
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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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