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CCD
COP-6 HIGHLIGHTS: TUESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER, 2003
Delegates
met in a morning and afternoon sessions to exchange views with
an Inter-Agency Panel of heads of UN agencies and international
organizations. Heads of State and Government concluded their
round table session with the adoption of a declaration. Informal
consultations on Regional Coordination Units (RCUs) took place
throughout the day, and another informal group met in the afternoon
to discuss the outcomes of the WSSD, rule 47 of the Rules of
Procedure.
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The
Cuban Flag |
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above:
Panel members of the Special Segment in Plenary this morning
included representatives from many international organizations:
UNDP, UNEP, UNFCCC, CBD,
UNFF,
IFAD, GEF, the
World Bank, and IFAP |
Len Good, CEO/Chair, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
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Ian
Jonhson, Vice-President, World Bank |
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Koos
Richelle, Director General of the European Commission
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Hama
Arba Diallo, CCD Executive Secretary
Lennart
Båge, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development,
(IFAD)
Vladimir
Bonilla Betancourt,
Minister
of Environment and Natural Resources, (Guatemala)
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SPECIAL
SEGMENT
Inter-agency
panel with heads of United Nations agencies and international
organizations "The UNCCD: A new opportunity for an enhanced
framework of cooperation in Official Development Assistance
(ODA) funding for the promotion of sustainable development in
arid ecosystems"
Morning Plenary:
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Plenary:
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COP-6 President Simeón
Negrin
Hamdallah
Zedan, Executive Secretary,
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
US
delegate Franklin Moore |
(Photo
above, left) Elizabeth Thompson, Minister of Housing, Lands and
Environment (Barbados) |
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 (Photo
above, center): Tahir Iqbal, Pakistan's Minister of State for
Environment |
Camilla
Nordheim-Larson and Simone Quatrini of the Global Mechanism (GM),
Federica Meneghetti of the CCD Secretariat,
Alexandre Côté (GM)
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CCD
Secretariat members Rajeb Boulharouf and Marcos Montoiro |
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(Above, left to right:) Camila Bonifaz (World Resources Institute),
Andrea Kutter (Global Environment Facility), Robyn White (World
Resources Institute)
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Zaheer
Fakir, Delegate from South Africa
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Valli
Moosa, South Africa's Minister of Environmental Affairs and
Tourism with Richard Sherman and Andrey Vavilov (ENB) |
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