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 convened in morning and afternoon meetings of the Committee of the Whole to discuss relationships with other relevant conventions and organizations, follow-up to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), outcome of the International Year of Deserts and Desertification (IYDD), and relations between the Secretariat and its host country. The contact group on programme and budget met in the afternoon and the contact groups on the ten-year strategic plan and CRIC convened during the afternoon and into the night to negotiate draft decisions.
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| Dais of the plenary | Ositadinma Anaedu, Nigeria, COW Chair |
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| Gunn Mari Paulsen, Norway | Jorge Guzman, Ecuador | Fernando Coimbra, Brazil |
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| Bashir Ahmed Wani, Pakistan, on behalf of the G-77 and China, stressed the need for support to promote synergies. | Maria Mbengashe, South Africa, said that synergies between the Rio Conventions are best achieved at the national and programme level | Barbara Tavora-Jainchill, UNFF, on behalf of UNFF Secretariat Director Pekka Patosaari, highlighted areas for collaboration with the UNCCD. |
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| The plenary room during the session |
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| Maria Jesús Rodriguez de Sancho, Spain | Uriel Safriel, Israel |
Octavio Perez Pardo, Argentina, emphasized the need for technical and political linkages, in particular between the UNCCD and the UNFCCC. |
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| Contact group on the ten-year strategic plan | |
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Lynn Wagner, IISD RS team leader, discusses “How to Track the Negotiations” at the COP 8 Journalist Training. Sponsored by COM+, UNCCD and Terrafrica |
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| Delegates and participants visiting various information booths. | ||
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| Participants met during the break to discuss the day's events. | A Spanish television reporter interviews an NGO delegate. |
Web coverage:
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- 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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