The first-ever Global LDN Forum co-organized by Korea Forest Service(#KFS) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification(#UNCCD) was held in Seoul, South Korea from 4 to 5 July 2018. In-depth discussions and presentations at the event explored options to strengthen the implementation of #LDN programmes by building global partnerships. Strategies to promote peace and security in post-conflict situations in the context of LDN were also taken stock of.
Ms. Monique Barbut, Executive Secretary of the UNCCD put an emphasis on the implementation of LDN, especially in post-conflict situations to accelerate SDGs and peace by citing the phrase by Otto Von Bismarck, renowned German statesman, “ A statesman cannot make anything himself. He must wait and listen until he hears the steps of God sounding through events; then leap up and grasp the hem of his garment.”
