The sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification will be held in the Palacio de Convenciones, Havana, Cuba, from 25 August to 5 September 2003.

• Media Backgrounder - Eradicating Rural Poverty is one of the First Steps to Fighting Desertification (PDF Version - 46 KB | Spanish PDF Version - 46 KB)

• Statement by President Lennart Båge to the Sixth Session of the Conference of Parties of UNCCD

• Statement by Lennart Båge, President of IFAD at the Roundtable of Parliamentarians on the occasion of the Sixth Session of the Conference of Parties of UNCCD

• IFAD's Exhibit on Fighting land degradation and poverty: Learning lessons from the rural poor (PDF Version - 38KB | Spanish PDF Version - 39KB)

• Media Advisory - Eliminating Poverty is Key to Combating Desertification (PDF Version - 34 KB | Spanish PDF Version - 35 KB)

• Invitation to side event on IFAD’s support to UNCCD: Enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty