Wednesday, 29 October
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Plenary
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L-R: COP 10 Vice Presidents Rejoice Mabudafhasi, South Africa, and Patrick van Klaveren, Monaco, Alternate President Kim Chan-woo and President Lee Maanee, Republic of Korea, Ramsar Secretary General Anada Tiéga and Deputy Secretary General Nick Davidson, and Rapporteur Tim Jones.
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Outgoing COP 9 president Maria Mutagamba, Minister of Water and Environment, Uganda, greeted newly elected COP 10 President Lee Maanee, Minister of Environment, Republic of Korea.
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Batilda Salha Burian, Tanzania, emphasized linking climate change and wetlands, also observing that 80% of diseases reported to WHO are environment related.
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Moustafa Fouda, Egypt, urged addressing the language barrier for Arabic parties.
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Ramsar Standing Committee Vice Chair John Bowleg, Bahamas.
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Ghania Bessah, Algeria, supported a review of guidelines for Ramsar sites by the Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP).
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Sudan noted the need to balance food security, water resources and biodiversity issues.
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Ishtiak Khan, Pakistan, thanked the Korean government for their hospitality.
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STRP Chair Heather MacKay presented her panel's report.
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NGO Network Co-Chair Park In-ja delivered the Suncheon NGO Declaration.
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Ramsar Secretary General Anada Tiéga noted that there are now 158 contracting parties, and 1802 Ramsar sites covering 168 million hectares.
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Gerhard Sigmund, Austria, called for augmenting staffing capacity at the Secretariat.
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Josphat Koli Nanok, Kenya, supported expansion of Ramsar sites.
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Corina Lehmann, Argentina, noted that priority setting is the prerogative of parties.
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Surasak Suparat, Thailand, supported inclusion of recommendations from the high-level Asian meeting.
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Around COP 10
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Local conference staff huddled after the day's plenary.
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A tea ceremony demonstration took place outside the conference room.
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Delegates in the main lobby of the Changwon Exhibition Convention Center (CECO).
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In the evening, delegates attended a gala dinner hosted by Korea's Ministry of Land, Transportation and Maritime Affairs.
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