Notification on the high-level segment of COP16: Ministerial dialogues

The secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) presents its compliments to the Parties of the UNCCD and has the honour to refer to it last communication of 16 July 2024 related to the sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16), the twenty-second session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC22) and the sixteenth session of the Committee on Science and Technology (CST16) to the UNCCD which will take place in Riyadh, at Al Imam Saud Ibn Faysal Rd, Hittin, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 2 to 13 December 2024. 

In that respect the secretariat of UNCCD would like to inform that following a communication from the host country, the High-level segment of the COP will be held at the ministerial level. Following consultations with the COP15 Bureau, the Ministerial segment will be held during the first week of COP from 2 to 3 December 2024. Accordingly a revised draft agenda and schedule of work is being made available: https://www.unccd.int/official-documents/cop-16-riyadh-saudi-arabia-202…

The secretariat would be grateful to receive the official nomination of your Government via secretariat [at] unccd.int (secretariat[at]unccd[dot]int) and remind all participants that online registration is mandatory for each individual via https://indico.un.org/event/1005866.

The secretariat would also like to draw your attention that participants are responsible for getting their own visas, hotel reservations and any type of health or other insurance they may need. Visa applications can be sent at the host country website https://www.unccdcop16.org/visa or contact them via e-mail visa [at] unccdcop16.org (visa[at]unccdcop16[dot]org) for any visa enquiries. Hotel reservations can be booked through the host country website https://www.almosafer.com/en?partner_referer=unccdcop16&ncr=1 or contact them via e-mail <cop16.accommodation [at] gl-events.com (cop16[dot]accommodation[at]gl-events[dot]com). 

Please also consult the “Information for Participants” document, which is available on the UNCCD website at https://www.unccd.int/cop15/official-documents.

The secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification avails itself of the opportunity to renew to the Parties of the UNCCD, the assurances of its highest consideration.