Headquarters
in Bonn, Germany

The Secretariat for the Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) was established by the United Nations General Assembly to assist the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INCD) in the negotiation of the Convention and preparing for the sessions of the Conference of the Parties (COP). The permanent Secretariat of the UNCCD is located in Haus Carstanjen, Bonn, Germany since January 1999.