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2011-10-27
Successful UNCCD COP10 in Korea
On October 21, the 10th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP10) under the theme “Care for Land, Land for Life” closed. The first Conference of its kind to be held in Asia was a great success with 6,450 delegates from 156 states and NGOs.
Dr. Don Koo Lee, Minister of the Korea Forest Service, which hosted the conference, and President of COP10 for the next two years, pointed out that this was a big chance for Korea to increase its international cooperation on sustainable development issues. At the closing session, he expressed his commitment to making “every effort in close cooperation and full coordination with all stakeholders to encourage and to accelerate the implementation process of the decisions made.”
The major outcomes of COP10 include: creating a solid scientific foundation within UNCCD; high-level political support, including the Changwon Initiative, for the process of UNCCD; and sending a strong message on combating land degradation to next year's UN Conference on Sustainable Development, often called Rio+20, to be held in Brazil next June. Visit: http://www.unccd.int/
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