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Environmental issues and sustainable development


ENV/DEV/400
20 January 1997


Press Release
ENV/DEV/400


INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE FOR CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION SUSPENDS TENTH SESSION

19970120 Negotiations Scheduled to Reconvene in Geneva from 18 to 22 August

The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the Elaboration of an International Convention to Combat Desertification suspended its tenth session on Friday night, 17 January.