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Media Advisory
Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish
Media
Briefing, Thursday, 11 March
202111:20-13:35 hrs
Universal Time
Coordinated12:20-14:35 hrs
Central European Timeon the
Nineteenth session of the
Committee for the Review of Implementation of
the Convention (CRIC19), 15-19 March
2021
The issues on
the agenda include: early drought management in
the form of the Drought
Initiative, gender and land rights,
restoration of the 450 million hectares of land
already pledged under the Convention,
operationalization of the Land
Degradation Neutrality Fund, and the interim
report the Intergovernmental
Working Group on effective policy and
implementation measures for addressing
drought. Interested media can
follow and report on the live discussions from
these meetings. To this end the UNCCD
secretariat is organizing a special 2-hour
online briefing for media to provide sufficient
background and an orientation of the event. A
brief question and answer session will be held
after the presentation of each
topic.
| What: |
Media Briefing for
CRIC-19
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| When:
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Thursday,
11 March 2021 |
11:20-13:35 hrs
Universal Time Coordinated
11:20-13:35 hrs
Greenwich Mean Time
12:20-14:35 hrs Central
European Time |
| Where:
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The following documents are
required: 1) a valid press card; 2) a valid
nationally recognized photo identification card,
such as a valid passport; 3) and an electronic
passport size photograph
(picture).
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| Who: |
See Annex for programme
details. |
A press
conference is tentatively planned for
Friday, 19 March 2021 about 30
minutes after the meeting closes. A confirmation
email with further details of the speakers will
be sent in
advance. BackgroundThis
Committee meeting is the intersessional
gathering of the inter-governmental body that
reviews the progress countries are making in
implementing the Convention. (Other Convention’s
refer to these meetings as sessions of their
subsidiary bodies. Download the FAQ on CRIC for
more information). The CRIC 19 will
review the effective implementation of the
Convention at national, subregional and regional
levels. In February 2021, the affected country
Parties organized on the basis of Convention’s
regional implementation annexes from Africa,
Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Northern
Mediterranean and Central and Eastern Europe,
started holding preparatory meetings to prepare
for CRIC 19. However, participation
in the media briefing is only accessible for
bona-fide accredited to the
session. A UNCCD conference app is
now available to download! It will be
indispensable to all participants of the
first-ever fully virtual gathering of the
convention Parties, as well as covering media
organisations. The app offers an easy gateway to
the CRIC
19 conference schedules, access to all
official documents, a daily journal summarising
the events scheduled each day, and all other
relevant information on the UNCCD process and
conference logistics. Further inquiries
about the media briefing and/or CRIC19
participation should be emailed to: pre...@unccd.int
| Time |
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Topic |
Speaker |
| 12:20
12:30 |
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Opening & Intro to
CRIC19 |
Ms. Wagaki Wischnewski
Programme
Officer (Media) |
| 12:30
12:50 |
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CRIC19
Overview
Q&A |
Ms. Anja Thust
Programme Officer,
UNCCD |
| 12:50
13:10 |
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Intergovernmental Working Group
on Drought
Q&A |
Mr. Daniel Tsegai
Programme Officer,
UNCCD |
| 13:10
13:30 |
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Drought
Initiative
Q&A |
Ms. Camilla Nordheim-Larssen
Senior
Partnerships and Resource Mobilization
Coordinator, UNCCD |
| 13:30
13:55 |
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Land Rights &
Gender
Q&A |
Ms. Miriam Medel
Chief, External
Relations and Policy Unit, UNCCD |
| 13:55
14:15 |
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LDN
Q&A |
Ms. Louise Baker
Managing Director,
Global Mechanism of the UNCCD |
| 14:15
14:35 |
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LDN Fund
Q&A |
Mr. Queru Gautier
LDN Fund Manager,
Mirova SA |
| 14:35
14:36 |
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Closing |
Ms. Wagaki
Wischnewski |
** Event will be conducted in English
only | | |
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The United
Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
(UNCCD) is an international agreement on good
land stewardship. Through partnerships, the
Convention’s 197 Parties set up robust systems
to manage land degradation and drought promptly
and effectively. Good land stewardship based on
a sound policy and science helps integrate and
accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable
Development Goals, builds resilience to climate
change and prevents biodiversity loss. Land also
plays a key role in the prevention,
preparedness, response, and recovery phases of
the COVID-19 pandemic, securing rural
livelihoods and creating green jobs, supporting
community resilience and maintaining the
sustainable delivery of ecosystem
services. | | |
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