The Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), at its eighth meeting in Madrid, Spain, agreed to hold an Extraordinary Session of the COP (ESCOP) to complete consideration of agenda item 6 on the programme and budget for the biennium 2008-2009.

The ESCOP convened at UN headquarters in New York, US, on 26 November 2007. Delegates undertook extensive consultations and adopted a decision that increases the budget by 4% (euro value) for the biennium 2008-2009, with 2.8% to be assessed from all parties and 1.2% to be contributed a voluntary contribution. The ESCOP was gaveled to a close at 3:58 am.
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