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UrgesMember States to continue to co-operate with the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Desertification in the preparations for the Conference, including the case studies and the proposed transnational activities to combat desertification;
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Requeststhe Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, in addition to his
12 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-first Session, Supplement No. 14 (A/31/14).
13 Ibid., Supplement No. 25 (A/31/25), chap. VII and another responsibilities as Executive Director, to assume the responsibility of Secretary-General of the Conference;
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Requeststhe Secretary-General to invite:
a
All States to participate in the Conference;
( b) Representatives of organizations that have received a standing invitation from the General Assembly to participate in the sessions and the work of all international conferences convened under its auspices in the capacity of observers, in accordance with Assembly resolution 3237 (XXIX) of 22 November 1974;
( c) Representatives of the national liberation movements recognized in its region by the Organization of African Unity, in the capacity of observers, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 3280
(XXIX) of 10 December 1974;
d
The United Nations Council for Namibia to participate as an observer;
( e) The specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency, as well as interested organs of the United Nations, to be represented at the Conference;
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Interested intergovernmental organizations to be represented by observers;
Interested non-governmental organizations in (g) consultative status with the Economic and Social Council to be represented by observers;
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Authorizesthe Secretary-General to invite other interested non-governmental organizations that might have a specific contribution to make to the work of the Conference to be represented by observers;
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Requeststhe Secretary-General to ensure that the necessary arrangements are made for the effective participation in the Conference of the representatives referred to in paragraph 3 ( b) and ( c) above, including the requisite financial provisions for their travel expenses and per diem;
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Decides to include Arabic as a language of the Conference;
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Approves the provisional agenda for the Conference annexed to the present resolution;
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Requeststhe Secretary-General to report on the results of the Conference, through the Economic and Social Council, to the General Assembly at its thirtysecond session.
General Assembly-Thirty-first Senion
ANNEX
Provisional agenda for the United Nations Conference on Desertification
Opening of the Conference and election of the President.
Organization of the work of the Conference:
Adoption of the rules of procedure;
( b) Adoption of the agenda;
(c) Establishment of committees and other sessional bodies;
(d) Election of officers other than the President;
Credentials of representatives to the Conference: nex II.
(e) appointment of the Credentials Committee. 14 Ibid., annex I.
V, Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Second Committee
General debate.
Processes and causes of desertification.
Plan of action to combat desertification. 6.
Credentials of representatives to the Conference: report of the Credentials Committee.
Adoption of the report of the Conference.
tS Ibid., chap. II.
rn Resolutions 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI); see also reso- 10 Ibid., chap. III. lution 3362 (S-VII) entitled "Development and international economic co-operation".
21 Report of Habitat: United Nations Conference on Human 16 Resolution 3281 (XXIX).
Settlements (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.76.IV.7 17 Report of Habitat: United Nations Conference on Human and corrigendum), chap. I. Settlements (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.76.IV.7 22 Ibid., chap. II.
