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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 Tuesday, 11 November 2008
CRIC 7 considered the terms of reference (TOR) and programme of work of the Joint Inspection Union (JIU) on the assessment of the Global Mechanism, and the work plans and programmes of the Convention’s bodies during its second day. A contact group convened in the evening to consider the Convention bodies’ work programmes.
Christian Mersmann, Managing Director of the GM, Grégoire de Kalbermatten, Deputy Executive Secretary, and Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of the UNCCD
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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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Yao Bernard Koffi, Côte d'Ivoire
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Marc Fagot, France |
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Diann Black Layne, Antigua and Barbuda |
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| Tadanori Inomata, JIU |
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Christopher Braeuel, Canada |
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| Osita Anaedu, Nigeria |
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Worapong Waramit, Thailand
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| Tadanori Inomata, JIU, Even Fontaine-Ortiz, JIU, and Grégoire de Kalbermatten, Deputy Executive Secretary of the UNCCD |
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| Kyaw Htun, Myanmar |
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Wilfredo Alfaro Catalán, Chile |
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Christian Mersmann, Managing Director of the GM |
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Gustavo Pacheco, Brazil |
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Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of UNCCD |
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Zalia Yacouba Boubacar, Niger
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| Abdu Alassiri, Saudi Arabia |
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Maibe Komandje, Chad |
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Rajeb Boulharouf, UNCCD Secretariat |
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| Patrice Burger, ENID and DRYNET |
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Mutsa Dorthy Chasi, Zimbabwe |
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Jorge Luis Garcia, Mexico |
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| Mohammed Ghanam, Morocco |
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Uriel Safriel, Israel |
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| Ismail Abdel Galil Hussein, Egypt |
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| Photos of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey and its first President, are prominently displayed in the Plenary Hall. On 10 November 2008, delegates witnessed the annual remembrance of his death, which is commemorated by pausing all vehicles and people on the streets at 9:05 am, the exact time of his death in 1938. |
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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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