Photo Gallery of two UNCCD Events, 13 and 14 May 2009

Press Conference of Mr. Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary, UNCCD, Bonn UN Headquarters, Wednesday, 13 May, 11.00 am

Side Event at the 17th Session of UN-CSD , New York, Thursday, 14 May, 6.15-7.45 pm United Nations Headquarters, 46th Street and 1st Avenue, Conference Room 2 Launching of the UNCCD Report Grounding Security – Securitizing the Ground

Programme 6.15- • Chair and moderator: Marcos Montoiro, Awareness Raising, 6.20 Communication and Education Unit, UNCCD, Bonn 6.20- • Dª. Alicia Villauriz Iglesias (Spain), Secretary General of Rural Affairs, 7.00 Ministry of Environment and Rural Affairs, Madrid: Opening remarks • Mr. Luc Gnacadja (), Executive Secretary, UNCCD, Bonn: The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification as an indispensable instrument for geopolitical stability • Prof. Dr. Úrsula Oswald Spring, Professor of UNAM/CRIM, Cuernavaca, ; UNU-EHS, Co-editor and author • Dr. Hans Günter Brauch, Free University of Berlin; UNU-EHS, Bonn; chairman of AFES-PRESS, editor, Hexagon Series, co-editor and author • Prof. Dr. Úrsula Oswald Spring, Professor of UNAM/CRIM, Cuernavaca, Mexico; UNU-EHS, Co-editor and author 7.00- Discussion moderated by Marcos Montoiro, UNCCD, Bonn 7.45

Photos of the Press Conference with Mr. Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary, UNCCD, Bonn by © Hans Günter Brauch, AFES-PRESS

Photos 1 and 2: Mr. Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary, UNCC, 13 May 2009

1 Photo 3: Mr. Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary, UNCC, 13 May 2009

Photos of the Side event at UN-CSD by Sergio Zelaya, UNCCD

Photo 1: From left to right: Prof. Dr. Úrsula Os- Photo 2: From left to right: Dr. Hans Günter wald Spring (Mexico), UNAM-CRIM, Cuernavaca; Brauch (), chairman, AFES-PRESS; UNU-EHS, Bonn; Dª. Alicia Villauriz Iglesias Free University of Berlin, UNU-EHS, Bonn; Prof. (Spain), Secretary General of Rural Affairs, Dr. Úrsula Oswald Spring (Mexico), UNAM-CRIM, Ministry of Environment and Rural Affairs, Madrid. Cuernavaca; UNU-EHS, Bonn;

Photo 3: From left to right: Dr. Hans Günter Brauch (Germany), chairman, AFES-PRESS; Free University of Berlin, UNU-EHS, Bonn; Prof. Dr. Úrsula Oswald Spring (Mexico), UNAM-CRIM, Cuernavaca; UNU-EHS, Bonn; Dª. Alicia Villauriz Iglesias (Spain), Secretary General of Rural Affairs, Ministry of Environment and Rural Affairs, Madrid; Mr. Luc Gnacadja (Benin), Executive Secretary, UNCCD, Bonn; Mr. Marcos Montoiro (Spain), Awareness Raising, Communication and Education Unit, UNCCD, Bonn.

2 Photos 4 and 5: From left to right: Dr. Hans Günter Brauch (Germany), chairman, AFES-PRESS; Free University of Berlin, UNU-EHS, Bonn; Prof. Dr. Úrsula Oswald Spring (Mexico), UNAM-CRIM, Cuernavaca; UNU-EHS, Bonn; Dª. Alicia Villauriz Iglesias (Spain), Secretary General of Rural Affairs, Ministry of Environment and Rural Affairs, Madrid; Mr. Luc Gnacadja (Benin), Executive Secretary, UNCCD, Bonn; Mr. Marcos Montoiro (Spain), Awareness Raising, Communication and Education Unit, UNCCD, Bonn.

Photo 6: From left to right: Dr. Hans Günter Brauch (Germany), chairman, AFES-PRESS; Free University of Berlin, UNU-EHS, Bonn; Prof. Dr. Úrsula Oswald Spring (Mexico), UNAM-CRIM, Cuernavaca; UNU-EHS, Bonn; Dª. Alicia Villauriz Iglesias (Spain), Secretary General of Rural Affairs, Ministry of Environment and Rural Affairs, Madrid; Mr. Luc Gnacadja (Benin), Executive Secretary, UNCCD, Bonn; Mr. Marcos Montoiro (Spain), Awareness Raising, Communication and Education Unit, UNCCD, Bonn.

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