COP17 media advisory – day 12

Closing Day

On Friday, 28 August, delegates gather as the seventeenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification concludes with the adoption of final decisions and reports, bringing the two-week conference to a close.

KEY EVENTS FOR MEDIA

COP17 Closing Press Conference

When: 17:00
Where: Press Conference Room

Speakers:

• Yasmine Fouad (UNCCD Executive Secretary)
• Battsetseg Batmunkh (COP17 President and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia)

Journalists are invited to attend the final press conference, where leadership present the main outcomes and reflections on COP17, outlining key decisions adopted by the Parties at the close of the session.

Side Events

Side events throughout the day will cover rangelands and pastoralism, finance, drought resilience, land tenure, healthy soils and the land-water nexus.

Journalists are encouraged to consult the official COP17 programme for the full schedule and latest updates : https://www.unccd.int/cop17/programme

MEDIA RESOURCES

• COP17 programme
• UNCCD COP17 website
• Host country website
• UNCCD Action Dome website
• UN WebTV – Live broadcast of key plenary sessions with live interpretation in all six UN languages
• UNCCD COP17 Visual Assets and Branding Resources
• Earth Negotiations Bulletin – daily coverage, photographs and analysis

For media enquiries and interview requests: UNCCD Press Office: press [at] unccd.int (press[at]unccd[dot]int)