Vol. 17 No. 25 SUMMARY OF THE NINTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF
THE CONTRACTING PARTIES TO THE RAMSAR CONVENTION ON WETLANDS:
8-15 NOVEMBER 2005 The ninth meeting of the Conference of the
Contracting Parties (COP9) to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
was held from 8-15 November 2005, at the Speke Resort Munyonyo
in Kampala, Uganda. The theme of the Conference was “Wetlands
and water: supporting life, sustaining livelihoods.” Nearly 1000
participants representing 120 Contracting Parties, as well as a
number of observer states, UN agencies and intergovernmental and
non-governmental organizations, attended the meeting. COP9, the
first Ramsar COP held in Africa, adopted 25 resolutions on a
wide range of policy, programme and budgetary matters,
including: additional scientific and technical guidance for the
implementation of the Ramsar wise use concept; engagement of the
Convention in ongoing multilateral processes dealing with water;
the Convention’s role in natural disaster prevention, mitigation
and adaptatio