IISD RS @ UNCCD CST S-2 and CRIC 9, 16-18 and 21-25 February 2011, Bonn, Germany

Summary and Analysis
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28 Feb.

Second Special Session of the Committee on Science and Technology (CST S-2) of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and Ninth Session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 9)

16-18 and 21-25 February 2011 | Bonn, Germany

Highlights for Friday, 25 February 2011

Delegates at the ninth session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 9) received the draft report of CRIC 9, as contained in ICCD/CRIC(9)/L.1, at 8:05 pm on Friday, 25 February. The closing plenary convened approximately 30 minutes later, during which delegates considered the draft report paragraph by paragraph, and ultimately adopted the document. Following several closing statements, thanking fellow participants for their work and looking forward to the tenth session of the Conference of the Parties in October 2011, CRIC 9 Chair Chencho Norbu gaveled the meeting to a close at 10:35 pm.

Delegates adopted the report of CRIC 9 and the meeting was gaveled to a close at 10:35 pm.

Daily highlights (click on the following links to see our daily web pages)

16 February - 17 February - 18 February - 21 February - 22 February - 23 February - 24 February - 25 February

Delegates applaud at the close of CRIC 9.

African Delegates Confer on the Draft Report of CRIC 9.

Delegates at closing plenary

Jong Hwan Lim, Republic of Korea.

Bernd Wirtzfeld, Germany.

Hussein Shahin, Jordan; Takuo Sato, Japan; Philbert Brown, Jamaica.

EU Delegates Confer with CRIC 9 Chair in the Afternoon.

Delegates Received the Draft CRIC 9 Report at 8:05 pm.

Conference Services staff at work.

CSOs wait for the draft report of CRIC 9.

Antoinette Macumi, Burundi; Ambroise Zanga, Central African Republic; Antonio Micha Ondo, Equatorial Guinea; Jean Ilunga Muneng, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The Republic of Korea hosted a booth for UNCCD COP 10: (L-R) Soun Yang, Korea Forest Service; Utchang Kang, Korea National Arboretum.