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United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight Against Desertification (2010-2020)

A/RES/64/201No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 53eImplementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, published in 2010.

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 topics
Arid ZonesDesertificationDrought ControlFinancial AssistanceInternational DecadesTechnical Cooperation

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2014.

  • 2014A/69/311Implementation of the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification (2010-2020) report of the Secretary-General

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

5 operative paragraphs
1
Recalls its decision to declare the decade 2010–2020 as the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification;
2
Designates the secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa as the focal point of the Decade, in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Development Programme, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and other relevant bodies of the United Nations, including the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat;
3
Invites States parties to the Convention, observers and other relevant stakeholders to organize activities to observe the Decade with the aim of raising awareness of the causes of and solutions to ongoing land degradation and desertification in the framework of the ten-year strategic plan and framework to enhance implementation of the Convention (2008–2018);Error: Reference source not found
4
Encourages Member States and multilateral agencies in a position to do so to support the secretariat of the Convention financially and technically, with a view to supporting special initiatives in observance of the Decade as well as other observance events and activities worldwide;
5
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session on the status of the implementation of the present resolution.

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