CRIC 1st meeting

Opening of the twenty-second session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention by the Chair of the Committee

Statement by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

Statements by representatives of the regional and interest groups and a representative of non-governmental organizations

Organizational matters [item 1]

(a)  Adoption of the agenda and organization of work (ICCD/CRIC(22)/1)

(b)  Election of officers other than the Chair of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention

Effective implementation of the Convention at national, subregional and regional levels [item 2]

(b)  Multi-year workplan for Convention institutions and subsidiary bodies (ICCD/COP(16)/6-ICCD/CRIC(22)/2, ICCD/COP(16)/22/Add.1)

(c)  Performance of Convention institutions and subsidiary bodies (ICCD/CRIC(22)/3)

(a)  Review of the report of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention on its twenty-first session (ICCD/CRIC(21)/11 and ICCD/CRIC(22)/8)

       Introduction and discussion