United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (UNCCD) is a plan to stop desertification and reduce the effects of lack of water in the action programs of countries. The plan uses long-term strategies supported by international cooperation and partnership arrangements.
| United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Multilateral environmental agreement |
| Context | Environmentalism, Desertification |
| Drafted | 17 June 1994 |
| Signed | 14 October 1994 – 13 October 1995 |
| Location | Bonn, Germany New York, United States |
| Effective | 26 December 1996 |
| Condition | Ratification by 50 States |
| Parties | |
| Depositary | Secretary-General of the United Nations |
| Languages | |
 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification at Wikisource | |
It fully launched in December 1996. It is the only international body in the world with legal power trying to stop people from destroying forests.
To help make UNCCD and its strategies popular, 2006 was declared "International Year of Deserts and Desertification".[1]
Ibrahim Thiaw has been the Under Secretary General of the United Nations and UNCCD Executive Secretary since 2019.[2]
State parties
changeAll UN member states, the Cook Islands, Niue, and the State of Palestine. have agreed to be part of the UNCCD.[3]
On 28 March 2013, Canada left the UNCCD but joined again on 21 December 2016, and was officially part of the UNCCD again on 21 March 2017.[3][4]
Conference of the Parties
changeThe Conference of the Parties (COP) ensures that action is taken on the plans of UNCCD. The first five sessions of the COP were held annually from 1997 to 2001. From 2001 sessions were held every two years.
| COP | Date | City | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| COP 1 | 29 September to 10 October 1997 | Rome (Italy) | |
| COP 2 | 30 November to 11 December 1998 | Dakar (Senegal) | |
| COP 3 | 15 to 26 November 1999 | Recife (Brazil) | |
| COP 4 | 11 to 22 December 2000 | Bonn (Germany) | |
| COP 5 | 1 to 12 October 2001 | Geneva (Switzerland) | |
| COP 6 | 25 August to 5 September 2003 | Havana (Cuba) | |
| COP 7 | 17 to 28 October 2005 | Nairobi (Kenya) | |
| COP 8 | 3 to 14 September 2007 | Madrid (Spain) | |
| COP 9 | 21 September to 2 October 2009 | Buenos Aires (Argentine) | |
| COP 10 | 10 to 20 October 2011 | Changwon (South Korea) | |
| COP 11 | 16 to 27 September 2013 | Windhoek (Namibia) | |
| COP 12 | 12 to 23 October 2015 | Ankara (Turkey) | |
| COP 13 | 6 to 16 September 2017 | Ordos City (China) | |
| COP 14 | 2 to 13 September 2019 | New Delhi (India) | Adoption of The New Delhi Declaration: Investing in Land and Unlocking Opportunities[6] |
| COP 15 | 9 to 20 May 2022 | Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) |
References
change- ↑ Stringer, LC (2008) Reviewing the international year of deserts and Desertification 2006: What contribution towards combating global desertification and implementing the united nations convention to combat desertification?, j.jaridenv, 72(11), pp2065-2074. doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.06.010.
- ↑ "Executive Secretary". UNCCD. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "United Nations Treaty Collection". treaties.un.org. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ↑ "Canada Rejoins The United Nations Convention To Combat Desertification - Environmental Law - Canada". www.mondaq.com. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ↑ "UNCCD COP14: New Delhi, India | UNCCD". Archived from the original on 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ↑ "The New Delhi Declaration: Investing in Land and Unlocking Opportunities". UNCCD. Retrieved 2023-01-09.