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Delegates assemble for the opening of COP 1 on 30 September 1997 |
| Arba Diallo, Executive Secretary of the CCD Secretariat opens the first COP | |
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Bo Kjellén, Chair of INCD-1 through INCD-10 |
| John Ashe (Antigua and Barbuda) converses with the COP Chair Mohammad El-Gaouth (Mauritania) | |
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Calestous Juma, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, addresses the first COP |
| The President of COP 1 from Italy speaks to the meeting | |
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Jacques Douf, Director General of FAO |