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Wednesday,
10 October 2001
Delegates met in a morning and early evening session and concluded hearing statements on CCD implementation in the High Level Special Segment. Plenary met in the afternoon for the open NGO dialogue to consider the inclusion of NGOs within the official COP work programme. Informal contact groups negotiations on the committee for the review of implementation (CRIC) and programme and budget continued, but did not conclude their deliberations
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Girigisson
Gado, Chairman of the Round Table of Parliamentarians
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Girigisson
Gado
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Delegates
at the High Level Special Segment also adopted a draft COP
decision on the fourth Round Table of Parliamentarians. The
Round Table, which was held in Geneva from 4-5 October 2001,
resulted in a Declaration that, inter alia, notes the
parliamentarians’ deep alarm at increasing environmental
degradation, particularly desertification, which “threatens
the very basis of life on earth,” and affirms their
commitment to contribute fully to CCD implementation,
including support for making land degradation a GEF focal area
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COP-5
President Charles Basset opened the final day of the High Level Special Segment on CCD implementation. During this
session, many speakers noted the linkages between the CCD and other MEAs, and developing country representatives in particular called for more financial support and capacity building. In addition, a number of delegates welcomed a proposal that the GEF designate land degradation as a focal area for funding. The role of civil society and NGOs was also recognized
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Claude
Absa Diallo
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Madame
Claude Absa Diallo, Senegal,
outlined
her country's actions to combat desertification, including a decentralization process helping local communities manage their resources. She said the CCD should have the same profile as other MEAs at the WSSD
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Sushma
Choudhary, India,
outlined progress in NAP implementation, highlighting the cross-sectoral
Integrated Watershed Programme and land rejuvenation and the need for
empowerment of women
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Sushma
Choudhary
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Mya
Than, Myanmar, highlighted his country’s wealth of historical
and cultural heritage sites threatened by desertification and outlined
its Three-Year Greening Project targeting the country’s dry zone
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Mya
Than
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Franco
Micieli de Biase
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Ambassador
Franco Micieli de Biase, Italy said the GEF should not be the
sole funding source for the CCD, announced a doubling of Italy’s
voluntary contribution, and supported the Global Mechanism
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Noting
their geographic isolation, SAMOA and FIJI called for assistance in
formulating integrated subregional and regional plans
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Peniasi
Kunatuba, the representative of Fiji
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The NGO Panel on civil
society involvement in CCD implementation
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Juan
Luis Mérega, Argentina,
highlighted the participatory process in combating desertification,
and noted its involvement in South-South cooperation. He also
supported establishing a CRIC and finding predictable funding for RCUs
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Juan Luis Mérega
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Zakiya Uzoma-Wadada
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Zakiya
Uzoma-Wadada, Caribbean Network for Integrated Rural Development,
outlined key requirements for effective NGO consultation, and
expressed hope that the dialogue would help top-level decision makers
understand the role of NGOs and produce tangible recommendations and
results
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Sina
Maiga, Association de Formation et d’Appui au Développement,
and Anne Mossige, Drylands Coordination Group, presented findings from
studies in Mali and Ethiopia to draw lessons on the participation of
civil society organizations (CSOs) and local level actors in CCD
implementation. Maiga recommended the role of CSOs as facilitator in, inter
alia, resource mobilization, capacity building and training,
communication, experience sharing, and coordination with national- and
regional-level actors
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Sina Maiga
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Anne
Mossige reported a relative lack of civil society involvement in
NAP development in Ethiopia, due to deficiencies in resources, issue
awareness and coordination, and proposed strengthening donor support
and NGO-government coordination, and supporting mainstreaming and
adopting a bottom-up approach
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Anne Mossige
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Getachew
Eshete, Ethiopian Environmental Protection Authority, stressed
the importance of support to effectively implement NAPs
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Masse Lo
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Masse
Lo, representing
the NGOs, said that Southern NGOs should address effective
implementation, while Northern organizations should focus on the
mobilization of funds and opinions
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Jürgen Gliese,
AG Desertifikation/Forum Umwelt & Entwicklung, presented results of a survey of German NGOs, noting, inter alia, low awareness of linkages with the CCD, the need for
capacity building at the government and NGO levels in developing
countries and the importance of NGO involvement in policy making
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Jürgen Gliese
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Yehiel Yadid
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Yehiel
Yadid, Israel,
highlighted efforts to promote regional coordination
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Signature
ceremony of Strategic Partnership for Implementation of the UNCCD in
the Central Asian Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Below: Pictures of the
signing ceremony
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Representatives of the Central Asian Republics
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Per Rydén, GM, with the representative of the GTZ
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COP-5 President Charles Basset
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Through
the Global Mechanism's Community Exchange and Training Programme (CETP),
an agreement was entered into with the CCD Project of the GTZ to
Promote Local Participation and Traditional Knowledge in Central Asia
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