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| Late '60s and
early '70s |
Drought in sub-Saharan
Africa:
Over 200,000 people and millions of animals die |
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| September 1973 |
Inter-State Permanent Committee
on Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) established
by 9 Sahelian countries |
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| August to September 1977 |
United Nations Conference on
Desertification (UNCOD) held in Nairobi, Kenya:
Desertification addressed as a worldwide problem
for the first time and a Plan of Action to Combat
Desertification (PACD) adopted |
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| June 1992 |
United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil:
The Earth Summit and Agenda 21 call on the UN
General Assembly to set up an inter-governmental
committee to prepare for a legally binding instrument
that addresses the problem of desertification |
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| June 17, 1994 |
United Nations Convention to
Combat Desertification (UNCCD) adopted in Paris,
France:
June 17 becomes the world day to combat desertification |
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| December 1996 |
The UNCCD enters into force,
90 days after the 50th ratification is received |
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| October 1997 |
COP 1 in Rome, Italy:
Rules governing the COP and its subsidiary bodies
established, the functions of the Global Mechanism
set forth and the permanent secretariat designated |
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| December 1998 |
COP 2 in Senegal, Dakar:
Consultations on the medium-term strategies of
the secretariat. Declaration of the first round
table of Members of Parliaments on desertification |
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| January 1999 |
Permanent secretariat of the
UNCCD established in Bonn, Germany |
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| November 1999 |
COP 3 in Recife, Brazil:
First review of policies, operational modalities
and activities of the Global Mechanism. Consultations
on the "Recife Initiative" to enhance
the implementation of the obligations of the UNCCD.
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| December 2000 |
COP 4 in Bonn, Germany:
Implementation annex for Central and Eastern Europe
(Annex V) and the "Recife Initiative"
adopted. An ad-hoc working group (AHWG) starts
an in-depth review of reports on the implementation
of the Convention |
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| March to April 2001 |
Intersessional meeting of the
AHWG in Bonn, Germany:
A comprehensive report, including conclusions
and recommendations on further steps in the implementation
of the Convention, is adopted and submitted to
COP 5 |
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| October 2001 |
COP 5 in Geneva, Switzerland:
A Committee for the Review of the Implementation
of the Convention (CRIC) established as subsidiary
body of the COP. Reform of the CST, the scientific
subsidiary body of the COP, is adopted and a Group
of Experts is established |
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| August to September 2002 |
World Summit on Sustainable
Development (WSSD), Johannesburg, South Africa:
Governments call on the Global Environment Facility
(GEF) to become a financial mechanism of the UNCCD |
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| October 2002 |
Second Assembly of the GEF in
Beijing, China:
Adopts a decision to designate land degradation
as its fifth focal area and to establish the GEF
as a financial mechanism of the UNCCD |
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| November 2002 |
First meeting of the Group of
Experts in
Hamburg, Germany |
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| November 2002 |
CRIC 1 in Rome, Italy:
Innovative solutions to combat desertification
are identified and shared. A report is adopted
and will be submitted
to COP 6 |
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| August to September 2003 |
COP 6 in Havana, Cuba:
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) designated
as a financial mechanism of the Convention; CRIC
2 recommendations on ways to improve the implementation
of the Convention endorsed |