UNITED NATIONS
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Seventeenth Session of the Conference of the Parties 17–28 August 2026
UNCCD
Saturday, 15 August 2026
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Programme of Meetings and AgendaCommittee for the Review of the Implementation of the ConventionMET-19
CRIC Bureau(closed meeting)
Committee on Science and TechnologyMET-18
CST Bureau(closed meeting)
Regional consultationsThe designations employed do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the secretariat
of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
MET-10
Meeting of the Regional Implementation Annex for Latin America and the Caribbean (Annex III) (GRULAC)(closed meeting)
MET-08
Meeting of the Regional Implementation Annex for Africa (Annex I)(closed meeting)
MET-09
Meeting of the Regional Implementation Annex for Asia (Annex II)(closed meeting)
MET-25
Meeting of the Regional Implementation Annex for Central and Eastern Europe (Annex V)(closed meeting)
Other meetingsThe designations employed do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
MET-20
Women’s Delegates Training(closed meeting)
MET-11
COP17 Town Hall Meeting(closed meeting)
Forthcoming official meetingsMonday, 17 August 2026 Conference of the PartiesPlenary Hall
COP 17 Opening ceremonyPlenary Hall
COP 1st meetingOpening of the session by the President of the Conference of the Parties at its sixteenth session
Organizational matters [item 1]
(a) Election of the President
Statement by the President of the Conference of the Parties at its seventeenth session
Statement by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Statements by the representatives of regional and interest groups
Statement by a representative of non-governmental organizations
Organizational matters [item 1]
(b) Adoption of the agenda (ICCD/COP(17)/1/Rev.1)
(c) Election of officers other than the President: (i) Election of Vice-Presidents
(e) Accreditation of intergovernmental organizations, civil society organizations and representatives from the private sector, and admission of observers (ICCD/COP(17)/INF.6)
(f) Organization of work, including the sessions of the subsidiary bodies
MET-08
COP 2nd meetingFormal statements
Formal statements session Final list of speakers
Cook Islands (on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States): View statement Turkmenistan (on behalf of UNCCD Interregional group Central Asia-Russia): View statement Canada: View statement France: View statement Chile: View statement Ukraine: View statement Brazil: View statement Indonesia: View statement Egypt: View statement Australia: View statement Republic of Moldova: View statement Suriname: View statement Italy: View statement Sri Lanka: View statement Iraq: View statement Kenya: View statement Russian Federation: View statement Bangladesh: View statement Algeria: View statement Armenia: View statement Syrian Arab Republic: View statement Mexico: View statement Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: View statement United States: View statement Guyana: View statement Peru: View statement Pakistan: View statement Sudan Lesotho: View statement Nigeria Iran (Islamic Republic of) Azerbaijan: View statement International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN): View statement Food and Agriculture Organization: View statement International Fund for Agricultural Development: View statement
Committee of the WholePlenary Hall
COW 1st meetingProgramme and budget for the biennium 2027–2028 [item 7]
Introduction and discussion
Introduction and discussion
Introduction and discussion
Introduction and discussion
Final report of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Future Strategic Framework of the Convention (Item 3)
Introduction and discussion
Policy frameworks and thematic issues (Item 5)
Introduction and discussion Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the ConventionMain Committee Room
CRIC 1st meetingOrganizational matters (Item 1)
(a) Adoption of the agenda and organization of work (ICCD/CRIC(24)/1/Rev.1)
Effective implementation of the Convention at national, subregional and regional levels (Item 2)
(a) Review of the report of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention on its twenty-third session (ICCD/CRIC(23)/8 and ICCD/CRIC(24)/5)
Introduction and discussion
(b) Multi-year workplan for Convention institutions and subsidiary bodies (ICCD/COP(17)/12 and ICCD/COP(17)/7)
Introduction and discussion
(c) Performance of Convention institutions and subsidiary bodies (ICCD/COP(17)/INF.4)
Introduction and discussion
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