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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 Thursday, 13 November 2008
CRIC 7 convened in a morning plenary session to discuss the reporting process with several members of the Interagency Task Force, which was established to assist the Secretariat in reviewing the reporting principles and guidelines to be prepared for
CRIC 7 and COP 9. Contact Groups 1 and 2 met at the conclusion of this discussion, to continue their considerations of the Convention bodies’ work plans and the CRIC review process, and indicators and national reporting, respectively.
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Anna Rita Gentile, European Environment Agency (EEA), Massimo Candelori, UNCCD Secretariat, and Chair Israel Torres
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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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| Barbara Ruis, UNEP |
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Kulov Kubanychbek, Kyrgyzstan |
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| Anna Rita Gentile, EEA |
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Tajkera Khatan, Bangladesh |
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Yukie Hori, UNCCD Secretariat |
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Serdar Yegül, Turkey |
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| Nicola Rass, UNCCD Secretariat |
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GRULAC representatives |
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| Michael Angstreich, Norway, Lawrence Townley-Smith, Canada, Jon Heikki Aas, Norway |
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Kelly Milton, United States |
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| Delegates wrap up their discussions in the Plenary before meeting in the Contact Groups. |
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| Conference Officers |
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| Maria Mbengashe, South Africa, and Massimo Candelori, UNCCD Secretariat |
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| Markku Aho (middle), Finland, Facilitator |
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| Marcos Montoiro and Katya Arapnakova, UNCCD Secretariat |
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Ghulam Mustafá Jawad, Afghanistan, and Naser Moghaddasi, Iran |
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| Mohammed Ghanam, Morocco, Abdu Alassiri, Saudi Arabia, and Abdelkader Khelifa, Algeria |
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Local Staff at the Grand Cevahir Hotel |
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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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