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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Helv",sans-serif;color:#4181C0">Abdelkader Bensada
</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Helv",sans-serif;color:#4181C0">– Programme Management Officer - Terrestrial Ecosystems Unit (TEU) - Ecosystems Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> IYRPsupportgroup <iyrpsupportgroup-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Wright, Iain (ILRI)<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 16, 2021 7:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Maryam Niamir-Fuller <mniafull2@gmail.com>; iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu; iyrpgenerallist@list.cals.arizona.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [IYRPsupportgroup] FAO Conference endorses IYRP proposal<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Maryam<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for the news. Another step towards realizing our ambition!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best Wishes<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Iain<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> IYRPsupportgroup <<a href="mailto:iyrpsupportgroup-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu">iyrpsupportgroup-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Maryam Niamir-Fuller<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 16 June, 2021 7:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu">iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu</a>;
<a href="mailto:iyrpgenerallist@list.cals.arizona.edu">iyrpgenerallist@list.cals.arizona.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [IYRPsupportgroup] FAO Conference endorses IYRP proposal<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear friends of IYRP<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are very happy and pleased to inform you that the FAO Conference today endorsed the proposal from the Government of Mongolia for the designation of IYRP. Now the next step is for this proposal to be tabled at the UN General Assembly
in September for a final decision and designation. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We will know more details by the end of this week when the formal FAO Conference Report is published.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you immensely for all the good work that so many of you have done to raise awareness about the importance of having an IYRP.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now we need to pull together all of our energy, support and innovativeness towards September in New York !<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Maryam Niamir-Fuller<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Vice Chair of International Support Group for the IYRP<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://iyrp.info" target="_blank">https://iyrp.info</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Support the call for an International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists!
<a href="https://www.iyrp.info" target="_blank">https://www.iyrp.info</a></span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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