This is a report on the High-Level Policy Dialogue that was held in Bonn on May 27, 2008, under the official title “Coping with Today’s Global Challenges in the Context of the Strategy of the Unites Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.”
The speeches and remarks made by participants have been edited for reasons of space.The conference was organised by the UNCCD Secretariat in cooperation with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH.
This report seeks to inform and stimulate debate, but is not a statement of policy, and does not represent the official viewpoint of any of the convening organisations, nor of the organisations represented by speakers and conference participants. Core text of the 10-Year Strategic Plan and Framework