Eighth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (COP 8)
3-14 September 2007 | Madrid, Spain
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Delegates to UNCCD COP 8 met in a morning plenary session to complete the election of COP officers, following which they convened in the Committee of the Whole (COW) and the Committee on Science and Technology (CST) for the remainder of the day.
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| Dias of the Committee of the Whole. |
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| Ositadinma Anaedu, Nigeria, was designated as Chair of the COW. |
Presiding over the COW. |
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| Sem Shikongo, Namibia, IIWG Chair presenting his report. |
Mansoui N'diaye, UNCCD Secretariat | |
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| Maria Mbengashe, South Africa, presents her country's position on the ten-year strategic plan. |
Jiao Xiaoxia, China | |
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| Liliane Ortega, Switzerland | Kenneth Rivera, Honduras | Eiji Toyoda, Japan |
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| Joseph Vernet, Haiti | Dessalegne Mesfin, Ethiopia | Hassane Saley, Niger |
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| The Secretariat introduced the CST agenda. |
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| Naik Sinukaban, Indonesia, suggested that THEMANET should be linked to other databases. | Loredana Dall'Ora, Italy | Eric Schmidt, WorldVision Int. |
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| Antoine Cornet, Fance | Richard Escadafal, France, elected as Vice-Chair. | Uladzimir Sauchanka, Belarus, elected as Vice-Chair. |
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| William Dar, the Philippines, CST Chair, urged the CST not to "shy away" from reforms. | Ndegwa Ndiang'ui, UNCCD Secretariat |
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Web coverage:
Monday, 3 Sep - Tuesday, 4 Sep - Wednesday, 5 Sep - Thursday, 6 Sep - Friday, 7 Sep
Monday, 10 Sep - Tuesday, 11 Sep - Wednesday, 12 Sep - Thursday, 13 Sep - Friday, 14 Sep
- UNCCD COP 8 homepage
- COP 8 documents
- CST 8 documents
- CRIC 6 documents
- UN Secretary-General press release regarding Executive Secretary Diallo’s resignation
- UNCCD Global Mechanism
- Global Environment Facility
- 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 Joint International Conference “Desertification and the International Policy Imperative”, 17-19 December 2006, Algiers, Algeria
- 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
- A Brief Introduction to the Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD)
- IISD RS "Linkages" archive of Desertification meetings
- Linkages Update
- MEA-L - Multilateral Environmental Agreements Listserve
- African Regional Coverage
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