The intergovernmental working group on drought which is one of the subsidiary bodies of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (“UNCCD” or “Convention”) is currently discussing options on how the UNCCD can address drought within the framework of the Convention. The UNCCD Secretariat has sought the advice of the UNEP Law Division on legal and other institutional options that the working group may wish to consider in the light of the practices of Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs) and the experiences of UNEP