UNITED NATIONS
JOURNAL
Fifteenth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15)
9-20 May 2022
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
UNCCD
Programme of Meetings and Agenda
High-level segment
High-level opening ceremony
Interactive dialogue 1: Land reGeneration: The role of youth in shaping a sustainable land agenda
Interactive dialogue 2: Future-proofing land use: Shifting patterns in production and consumption
High-level opening ceremony
High-level opening ceremony
Formal statements session
List of speakers:
Panama
Honduras
Iceland
Brazil
High-level opening ceremony
Parallel ministerial/high-level round tables:
• Round table 1: Rights, rewards and responsibilities: the future of land stewardship MET-20
• Round table 2: Land restoration: A path to sustainable post-pandemic recovery MET-19
• Round table 3: The Big Dry: From disaster to drought resilience MET-18
Round table 1: Rights, rewards and responsibilities: the future of land stewardship
Parallel ministerial/high-level round table
Round table 2: Land restoration: A path to sustainable post-pandemic recovery
Round table 3: The Big Dry: From disaster to drought resilience
Parallel ministerial/high-level round tables
Forthcoming official meetings
Official meetings
COP Press Conference to launch the Report on Drought and the Droughtland Campaign
CRIC Bureau Meeting
Conference of the Parties
COP opening session
Opening of the session by the President of the Conference of the Parties at its fourteenth session
- Organizational matters
- Election of the President
Statement by the President of the Conference of the Parties at its fifteenth session
Statement on behalf of the host country
Statement by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Statements by the representatives of the United Nations, its specialized agencies and other intergovernmental organizations
Statements by the representatives of regional and interest groups
Statement by a representative of non-governmental organizations
- Adoption of the agenda
(ICCD/COP(15)/1)
- Election of officers other than the President:
Election of Vice-Presidents
- Accreditation of intergovernmental organizations, civil society organizations and representatives from the private sector, and admission of observers
(ICCD/COP(15)/14)
- Organization of work, including the sessions of the subsidiary bodies
Committee of the Whole
Committee Of The Whole
1. Procedural matters: ...................................... [item 7]
(c) Programme of work for the sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties
Introduction and discussion
2. Programme and budget .................................... [item 6]
(a) Programme and budget for the biennium 2022–2023 (ICCD/COP(15)/5, ICCD/COP(15)/6-ICCD/CRIC(20)/2, ICCD/COP(15)/21)
(b) Financial performance for the Convention trust funds (ICCD/COP(15)/7, ICCD/CRIC(20)/3, ICCD/COP(15)/8, ICCD/COP(15)/9, ICCD/COP(15)/10)
(c) Report of the Evaluation Office (ICCD/COP(15)/11, ICCD/COP(15)/21)
Introduction and discussion
3. Policy frameworks and thematic issues ......................... [item 4]
- Drought (ICCD/COP(15)/15, ICCD/COP(15)/20 and ICCD/COP(15)/21)
Introduction and discussion
Committee on Science and Technology
CST opening session
Opening of the fifteenth session of the Committee on Science and Technology (CST) by the Chair of the CST
· Organizational matters
- Adoption of the agenda and organization of work
(ICCD/COP(15)/CST/1)
· Items resulting from the work programme of the Science-Policy Interface for the biennium 2020–2021
- Evidence on the potential contribution of integrated land use planning and integrated landscape management to positive transformative change, achieving LDN and addressing DLDD issues
(ICCD/COP(15)/CST/2, ICCD/COP(15)/CST/8)
(ICCD/COP(15)/CST/3, ICCD/COP(15)/CST/8)
Rio Conventions Pavilion
Rio Conventions Pavilion – High-level opening
With representatives from India, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the Executive Secretary of UNCCD, the Executive Secretary of CBD, the CEO of GEF, the UNDP Associate Administrator