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CSD 17 - Guidelines for Participation. The CSD Secretariat has compiled these Guidelines for Major Groups to facilitate your contributions to the preparatory process and participation in the CSD-17 policy session, including its IPM. It includes chapters that outline the reporting process for the policy year, provide important deadlines for written submissions, and include essential information for your participation in the IPMs and in the CSD 17 meeting itself.
CSD 16 - Chairman's Summary, Part I / Part II
CSD 16 - NGO Major Group Statements
UN CSD 16 - Proposed Organization of Work
 The Proposed Organization of Work for UN CSD 16 is now available, with a draft timetable. By the decision of CSD-11, subsequently approved by the Economic and Social Council, the review session of the CSD in the two-year implementation cycle will focus on identifying barriers and constraints in implementation, as well as lessons learned and best practices in relation to its thematic cluster. UN CSD 16’s thematic issues are agriculture, rural development, land, drought, desertification and Africa. It will be held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, from 5 to 16 May 2008.
Summary Points from Sections on Agriculture, Rural Development, Land, Drought, Desertification and Africa from the Discussion Papers Submitted by the Major Groups for CSD 16
UN CSD 16 - Europe and North America Regional Implementation Meeting
 January 2008: At the Europe and North America Regional Implementation Meeting in preparation of the 16th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (UN CSD 16), ANPED Board Members Andrey Ozharovskiy and Janis Brizga delivered the statements on behalf of NGOs.
Andrey Ozharovskiy presented the findings on the issue of land degradation and pollution, which include contamination from obsolete pesticides storages, military and space activities, and nuclear contamination. He recommended the establishment of an international policy on contaminated land management; the mapping and marking on site of all the dangerous areas, and the restriction of any agricultural and other activity in those areas.
In his intervention, Janis Brizga stressed there needs to be focus on the underlying causes of the problems we face; that we need to move beyond gross domestic product (GDP) as an indicator of wellbeing; and that we need to use the instrument of National Sustainable Development Strategy (NSDS) in a participatory manner.
UN CSD 16 will focus on agriculture, rural development, land, drought, desertification and Africa.
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