CSD17 Begins Consideration of Desertification, Drought, Agriculture, Land, Rural Development and Africa
CSD17 Begins Consideration of Desertification, Drought, Agriculture, Land, Rural Development and Africa
The 17th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD17) opened on 4 May 2009, at UN Headquarters in New York, US. At the opening of the session, UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro noted the timeliness of the thematic cluster of issues on the CSD’s agenda: desertification, drought, agriculture, land, rural development and Africa.
UN Deputy Secretary-General's opening remarks:
http://www.un.org/apps/dsg/dsgstats.asp?nid=168
The Event coverage:
The UN website:
http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/csd/csd_csd17.shtml
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