A
press
conference is tentatively planned
for
Friday, 19 March
2021 about 30 minutes after session
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).
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.