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
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
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Programme of Meetings and Agenda

Conference of the Parties

Ministerial Dialogue on Drought Resilience

  • High-level segment
    Ministerial dialogue on Drought Resilience
(closed meeting)

Committee of the Whole

COW 5th meeting

  • 2018–2030 Strategic Framework of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
    • Review of progress in the implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification communication plan
      (ICCD/COP(17)/CRP.1)
  • Procedural matters
    • Programme of work for the eighteenth session of the Conference of the Parties
      (ICCD/COP(17)/12)
(closed meeting)

Special events

Special event on Sand and Dust Storms

Forthcoming official meetings

Wednesday, 26 August 2026

Conference of the Parties

Ministerial dialogue on Restoration of Rangelands and Pastoralists’ Communities

  • High-level segment

    Ministerial dialogue: Restoration of Rangelands and Pastoralists’ Communities

    Closure of the high-level segment
    Adoption of outcomes of the ministerial dialogues
(closed meeting)

Gender Caucus