GUIDE TO THE NEGOTIATIONS – 13th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (COP13, CRIC16 and CST13) – 6-16 September 2017, Ordos, China

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The publication of this sixth edition of the Guide to negotiations of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Especially in Africa (UNCCD) is part of the initiative by the Institut de la Francophonie pour le développement durable (IFDD ? Institute of the French-speaking world for sustainable development) on the sustainable management of lands and forests and on desertification.

The Guide to negotiations of the UNCCD contains the information required to navigate in the Convention, including its institutions and mechanisms and the history of its work. It is intended first and foremost for delegates from miscellaneous countries who are attending international meetings on desertification. It will also be useful to representatives of non-governmental organisations, international organisations and the general public interested in international current affairs relating to desertification, the degradation of lands and drought.

The first part of the guide summarises the information related to the overall context of the UNCCD since the summit in Rio in 1992. It presents the Convention: its origins, its bodies, its main provisions, its implementation strategy, its stakeholders and the financing mechanisms.

The second part of the guide looks back over the meetings of the UNCCD and its bodies. Here the reader will first of all find a chronological table and then the salient points of each of these meetings. The purpose of this section is to put the different issues to be addressed during COP.13 into perspective.

The third section of the Guide focuses on the issues that will be addressed at the 13th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP.13) as well as the sixteenth meeting of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC16) and the thirteenth session of the Committee on Science and Technology (CST13).

In the fourth section of the guide, there are datasheets which can be used as reference points when reading the guide.

This document was drafted by the ?Centre International UNISFÉRA? supported by ?Institut de la Francophonie pour le développement durable (IFDD)?.

The Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification contributed to the production of this Guide.

This guide is the subject of a Summary for policy-makers.