Live Schedule

Previously

12⁰⁰_am

Conferences

High-Level Side Event: Restoring African Landscapes, Restoring Hope - UNCCD COP17

Scaling the Great Green Wall through Continental Integration and the African Union's Great Green Wall Initiative (AUGGWI) Strategy (2024–2034)

12³⁰_am

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Business4Land: De-risk and Scale to Restore 1.5bn Hectares of Land - Action Dome, UNCCD COP17

This third session of the Business4Land programme will explore how businesses, financial institutions and development partners can work together to scale investment in land restoration and drought resilience.

02⁰⁰_am

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Media Briefing on Finance Day - Press Conference, UNCCD COP17

Media Briefing on Finance Day

02⁰⁰_am

Conferences

Media Stakeout: Amina Mohamed (UN Deputy Secretary-General) at UNCCD COP17

Remarks by Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, on the role of COP17.

02³⁰_am

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Leadership for a Land-Positive Future: High-level Forum of Mining Industry Leaders - Action Dome, UNCCD COP17

Bringing together industry leaders, governments, Indigenous representatives and international partners, this high-level Mining Forum will explore how the mining sector can drive sustainable land management, ecosystem restoration and resilient landscapes.

03⁰⁰_am

Conferences

(5th Meeting) 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification - UNCCD COP17

(5th meeting) The 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) under the theme Restoring Land. Restoring Hope held from August 17-28, 2026, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

03⁰⁰_am

Conferences

High-Level Ministerial event on Security and Migration - UNCCD COP17

The 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) under the theme Restoring Land. Restoring Hope held from August 17-28, 2026, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

05⁰⁰_am

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Fashion4Land (F4L) High Level Segment - Action Dome, UNCCD COP17

This event will convene policymakers, industry leaders, youth representatives, and other stakeholders to discuss how standards and regulations can support the sustainable transformation of the fashion sector.

06⁰⁰_am

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Business4Land Champions' Council and Fashion4Land Show - Action Dome, UNCCD COP17

This closing event will bring together representatives from business, finance, government and the fashion sector to explore the role of partnerships, innovation and private sector leadership in supporting land restoration, sustainable land management and drought resilience.

09⁰⁰_am

Human Rights Council

Organizational Meeting - 63rd Session of the Human Rights Council

Organizational meeting of the sixty-third session of the Human Rights Council

10⁰⁰_am

Economic and Social Council

(1st meeting) Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS (Second regular session 2026)

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services (Second regular session, 24-27 August 2026).

10⁰⁰_am

Security Council

Sudan and South Sudan - Security Council, 10211th meeting

Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan

10³⁰_am

Media Stakeouts

António Guterres (UN Secretary-General) on Upholding Navigational Rights and Freedoms- Security Council Media Stakeout

Press encounter by United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, at the Security Council Stakeout on updates on the UN's efforts to uphold navigational rights and freedoms.

12⁰⁰_pm

Press Conferences

Secretary-General/Press Encounter, South Sudan/UN Peacekeepers, South Sudan/Humanitarian & other topics - Daily Press Briefing

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

02⁴⁵_pm

Media Stakeouts

Lars Løkke Rasmussen (Denmark/ Security Council President) & others on Ukraine - Joint Security Council Media Stakeout

Joint comments to the media by Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark and President of the Security Council for the month of August, on behalf of others, on Ukraine.

03⁰⁰_pm

Economic and Social Council

(2nd meeting) Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS (Second regular session 2026)

Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services (Second regular session, 24-27 August 2026).

03⁰⁰_pm

Security Council

Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine - Security Council, 10212th meeting

Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine.

09⁴⁵_pm

Press Conferences

Joint Press Conference for the Indigenous Peoples Caucus, Gender Caucus, Youth Caucus, and Civil Society Organizations - Press Conference, UNCCD COP17

Joint press conference of Indigenous Peoples, Civil Society, Gender and Youth Caucuses to call for more meaningful participation of land stewards and frontline communities in UNCCD decision-making.

10⁰⁰_pm

Conferences

Ministerial dialogue on Drought Resilience - UNCCD COP17

(6th meeting) 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) under the theme Restoring Land. Restoring Hope held from August 17-28, 2026, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

11³⁰_pm

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Official Launch of the Drought Resilience Investment Facility (DRIF): Accelerating Finance for Drought Resilience, Water Security and Land Restoration - Action Dome, UNCCD COP17

This high-level session will convene ministers, multilateral development banks, development finance institutions, institutional investors, philanthropic organizations, insurers, and private sector leaders to accelerate financing solutions for drought resilience and integrated land–water restoration.