Implementation in the Sudano-Sahelian Region of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1981.

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6 versions · 1980–1985

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/39/168[B]

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1983A/RES/37/216Implementation in the Sudano-Sahelian region of the Plan of Action to Combat DesertificationCompare with previous version
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Aid Programmes Desertification Programmes of Action Sudano-Sahelian Region

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8 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on the implementation in the Sudano-Sahelian region of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification and the report of the Secretary-General on the restoration and improvement of the Fouta-Djallon massif:

Takes note with satisfaction of the progress made by the United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office in assisting the Governments of the region, under a joint venture of the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Development Programme, in implementing the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification:

Commends the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme and the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme for the effective and co-ordinated manner in which they have continued to support the joint venture:

Notes with satisfaction the addition of Djibouti, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the list of countries to be assisted by the United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office in their efforts to implement the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification, and the inclusion of the pilot project for the improvement and restoration of the Fouta- Djallon massif within the programme of action of the United Nations Environment Programme against desertification:

Invites the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme to examine at its next session the possibility of including Benin in the list of countries which receive assistance, through the United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office, in implementing in the Sudano-Sahelian region the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification and to report on this matter to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session:

'' See Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-_fifth Session, Supplement No. 25 (A/35 '25). annex I.

"' See Of]icial Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1980. Supplement No. 12 (hl980/421Rev.1). chap. XI.

''" A/35;41 I. annex, sect. Ill.

'·"' A 1J'i/J68.

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Also notes with satisfaction the decisions of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme and the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme to expand and strengthen their support to the joint venture and invites them to continue their support so that the United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office may carry out its expanded responsibilities at a level commensurate with the pressing needs of the region;

Urges all Governments, organizations of the United Nations system and other intergovernmental bodies, private organizations and individuals to respond favourably, bilaterally or through the United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office or any other intermediary, to requests from the Governments concerned of the region for assistance in combating desertification;

Welcomes, in this regard. the inclusion of the programmes of the United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office among those considered at the United Nations Pledging Conference for Development Activities and urges all Governments and donor organizations to consider contributing to the United Nations Trust Fund for Sudano-Sahelian Activities;

Requests the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme to continue to report annually to the General Assembly, through the Economic and Social Council, on the implementation in the Sudano-Sahelian region of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification.

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