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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 Wednesday, 12 November 2008
CRIC 7 considered the report on indicators and monitoring of the Strategy and the draft reporting guidelines in regard to improving the procedures for communication of information as well as the quality and format of reports submitted to the COP. Contact Group 1 met during the afternoon to continue its consideration of the Convention bodies’ work plans, and Contact Group 2 convened for the first time to discuss indicators and reporting principles.
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CRIC 7 participants were treated to a Boat Trip and Gala Dinner, hosted by the Government of Turkey, on Wednesday night. |
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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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Gogo Ndiaye Macina, Senegal
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Michael Sedogo, Burkina Faso
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| Saida Rivero, Venezuela |
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Abdu Alassiri, Saudi Arabia |
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| Bongani Masuku, Swaziland |
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Ismail Abdel Galil Hussein, Egypt |
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Christopher Braeuel, Canada |
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| Liliane Ortega, Switzerland |
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Yi Xianliang, China |
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Marie-Rose Kabura, Burundi |
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| Saida Rivero, Venezuela, and Carlos Humberto Salazar, El Salvador |
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Jorge Arturo Guzman Ortega, Ecuador, and Guillermo Avanzini, Peru |
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| Civil society representatives |
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| The African Group after consultations |
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| Octavio Pérez Pardo, Argentina, and Rajeb Boulharouf, UNCCD Secretariat |
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Yao Bernard Koffi, Côte d'Ivore, and Abou Bakan Bamba, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands |
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Michael Pellant, Kelly K. Milton, Mary Rowen, United States |
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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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