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Desertification and Drought

A/RES/50/114No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 96bDesertification and drought, published in 1996.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1986–1996
  • 1996A/RES/50/114Desertification and droughtLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1986A/RES/40/209Desertification and drought

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics
Budget ContributionsDesertificationDrought ControlInter-Agency Cooperation

What does this mandate say?

3 operative paragraphs
1
Welcomes the efforts made by the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Development Programme to strengthen their cooperation in combating desertification through the United Nations Environment Programme/United Nations Development Programme partnership to combat desertification;
2
Renews its appeal to Governments, regional economic integration organizations and other interested organizations, as well as non-governmental organizations, to make contributions to relevant United Nations bodies, including the Office to Combat Desertification and Drought of the United Nations Development Programme, to strengthen their capacity to support activities to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought in all affected developing countries and regions;
3
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, which would be considered under one unified sub-item on the agenda entitled "Implementation of decisions and recommendations of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development", under the item entitled "Environment and sustainable development".

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