Requeststhe Secretary-General with the assistance of the competent bodies of the United Nations
concerned, particularly the United Nations Environment Programme, to intensify the efforts required to ensure the appropriate preparation, at the technical level, of the United Nations Conference on Desertification;
2
Reiterates its request to the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Development Programme to provide the financial and technical assistance necessary to ensure the satisfactory preparation of the Conference, bearing in mind particularly the need to close the gaps in scientific knowledge aqd technologies in this field;
3
Requeststhe Committee on Science and Technology for Development, with the assistance of the Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology to Development, to include in its programme of work on arid areas, in pursuance of Economic and Social Council resolution 1898 (LVII) of 1 August 1974, proposals to close the gaps in scientific knowledge,and technologies concerning desertification;
4
Decides that the cost of the Conference will be borne by the regular budget of the United Nations;
5
Requeststhe United Nations Fund for Population Activities to contribute to the financing of the demographic components of the studies prepared in implementation of General Assembly resolution 3337 (XXIX);
6
Requeststhe executive heads of the specialized agencies to authorize their respective secretariats to provide for their participation in the secretariat of the Conference and in the ad hoe interagency task force, in conformity with General Assembly resolution 3337 (XXIX);
7
Requeststhe Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme to act as the intergovernmental preparatory body for the Conference and to ~ubmit to the General Assembly at its thirty-first session, through the Economic and Social Council, recommendations on th~ organization of the Conference.
