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
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
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Programme of Meetings and Agenda

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

Special events

Youth Forum

Special event on Rangelands

Caucus for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Forthcoming official meetings

Thursday, 27 August 2026

Conference of the Parties

COP 5th meeting

Consideration of the report of the Committee of the Whole
(ICCD/COP(17)/12)

  • 2018–2030 Strategic Framework of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
    • Report of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention and its recommendations to the Conference of the Parties
      (ICCD/CRIC(23)/8, ICCD/CRIC(24)/5)
  • Organizational matters
    • Election of officers other than the President:
      • Election of the Chair of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention

 

(closed meeting)

Committee of the Whole

COW 6th meeting

Adoption of the report of the Committee of the Whole
(ICCD/COP(17)/12)

(closed meeting)

Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention

CRIC 7th meeting

  • Adoption of the report of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention
    (ICCD/CRIC(24)/5)
  • Organizational matters:
    • Election of officers other than the Chair of the Committee for the Review of the
      Implementation of the Convention
(closed meeting)