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Resolutions on interim arrangements and on urgent
action for Africa
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Resolution on urgent action for Africa
The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the Elaboration of an
International Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries
Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa,
Having adopted the text of the United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or
Desertification, particularly in Africa,
Considering the priority given to Africa in the Convention and the need for
urgent measures to be taken during the period between the adoption of the
Convention and the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties,
consistent with the objectives of the Convention,
Considering the significant activities already being undertaken by affected
African countries with the support of the international community, consistent
with the objectives of the Convention,
Considering further the desirability of initiating without delay the
implementation of further measures consistent with the objectives of the
Convention in and with the affected African countries and of continuing to
pursue or strengthen, where necessary, such measures where they are
already in place,
Acknowledging with appreciation the preparatory and ongoing work
carried out by affected African countries and the assistance provided by a
number of countries, by multilateral organizations, including the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations
Development Programme/United Nations Sahelian Office (UNDP/UNSO),
the African Development Bank (ADB), and intergovernmental
organizations, including the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and non-governmental
organizations.
1. Encourages all countries to disseminate information and promote
education and public awareness about the objectives of the Convention;
2. Invites the affected African countries to take urgent steps, in particular, to
prepare national and subregional action programmes or, where action
programmes exist, such as National Environmental Action Plans, to review
and improve them, if necessary, and implement them, consistent with the
objectives of the Convention;
3. Invites the developed countries to provide support to the affected African
countries in such actions, including those in capacity-building;
4. Invites international and multilateral organizations, particularly UNDP,
including UNSO, UNEP, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the United Nations
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the
World Bank, to provide support and mobilize necessary resources for the
implementation of the present resolution;
5. Invites African subregional and regional organizations, particularly the
Organization of African Unity (OAU), the Permanent Inter-State Committee
for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS), the Preferential Trade Area
(PTA), the Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development
(IGADD), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Arab
Maghreb Union (UMA), the African Development Bank (ADB) and the
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), to provide support for the
implementation of this resolution;
6. Invites private-sector organizations, including relevant non- governmental
organizations, to provide support and mobilize necessary resources for
such actions by the affected African countries;
7. Recommends that the affected African countries designate coordinating
bodies at the national and subregional levels, if necessary, and at the
regional level for the implementation of this resolution;
8. Recommends, as priority, the establishment, at national and subregional
levels, in the affected African countries, of partnership arrangements with
the relevant developed countries, intergovernmental regional economic
organizations, non- governmental organizations and representatives of the
affected local populations to facilitate the coordination of activities, to be
initiated by the individual African country concerned;
9. Recommends also that such partnership arrangement should inter alia:
(a) Provide support to proposals in the preparation of national, subregional
and, to the extent possible, regional action programmes of the affected
African countries;
(b) Where national action programmes exist, review them and consider
action that may be needed to improve or reorientate them, as necessary;
(c) Improve coordination of effort at the national, subregional and regional
levels, taking into account those programmes and projects to combat
desertification that are in progress, including those supported by the
international community;
(d) Provide support for the implementation of specific project proposals
within the context of national, subregional and regional action programmes;
10. Invites the developed countries and the international and multilateral
organizations, agencies and programmes to provide enabling funds to
support the partnership arrangements referred to in paragraph 7 above;
11. Invites the affected African countries to provide information at the time
of signing the Convention, on the actions that they have taken or propose to
take, during the interim period, for the implementation of this resolution;
12. Invites the developed countries, subregional, regional, international
multilateral organizations and United Nations agencies and programmes
as well as those countries that may provide assistance on a voluntary
basis, to provide information, at the time of signing the Convention, on the
actions that they have taken or propose to take, including the provision of
financial and other resources, during the interim period, for the
implementation of the present resolution;
13. Invites also the affected African countries to propose, as appropriate,
additional measures to be taken at the subregional and regional levels in
support of national actions;
14. Requests the interim secretariat to the Convention to facilitate the
implementation of the present resolution, consistent with the
responsibilities allocated to it by the resolution of the Committee
concerning interim arrangements;
15. Invites those countries that are members of relevant United Nations
agencies and programmes and regional or multilateral financial institutions
to bring to the attention of those institutions the content of the present
resolution and promote their support for it.
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Resolution on interim arrangements
The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the Elaboration of an
International Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries
Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa,
Having adopted the text of the United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or
Desertification, particularly in Africa,
Considering that preparations are required for an early and effective
operation of the Convention once it has entered into force,
Considering further the desirability of initiating without delay the
implementation of measures pursuant to the Convention,
Recalling General Assembly resolutions 47/188 of 22 December 1992 and
48/191 of 21 December 1993,
1. Calls upon States and regional economic integration organizations
entitled to do so to sign the Convention in Paris, on ........... 1994, and
thereafter to ratify, accept, approve or accede to the Convention;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to make appropriate arrangements for
the continuation of the signing period in New York during and after the
forty-ninth session of the General Assembly;
3. Requests the Secretary-General to make the necessary arrangements
for convening a session of the Committee, from 9 to 20 January 1995, in
accordance with paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 48/191, to
prepare for the first session of the Conference of the Parties, as specified
in the Convention;
4. Requests further the Secretary-General to make recommendations to
the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session regarding arrangements for
further sessions of the Committee until the first meeting of the Conference
of the Parties;
5. Invites the Secretary-General to include in his report to the General
Assembly, as required in paragraph 15 of resolution 48/191, proposals to
enable the secretariat established pursuant to resolution 47/188 to
continue its activities on an interim basis until the Permanent Secretariat of
the Convention is designated by the Conference of the Parties and begins
operating;
6. Appeals to Governments and organizations to make voluntary
contributions to the extrabudgetary funds established under General
Assembly resolution 47/188 in order to support the interim arrangements
and to ensure the full and effective participation of developing countries, in
particular those in Africa and the least developed countries, in all sessions
of the Committee and the adequate representation of non-governmental
organizations from developing countries;
7. Invites States and regional economic integration organizations entitled
to sign the Convention to communicate as soon as practicable to the
interim secretariat information regarding measures taken consistent with
the provisions of the Convention, either individually, bilaterally or
multilaterally, pending its entry into force.
action for Africa
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Resolution on urgent action for Africa
The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the Elaboration of an
International Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries
Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa,
Having adopted the text of the United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or
Desertification, particularly in Africa,
Considering the priority given to Africa in the Convention and the need for
urgent measures to be taken during the period between the adoption of the
Convention and the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties,
consistent with the objectives of the Convention,
Considering the significant activities already being undertaken by affected
African countries with the support of the international community, consistent
with the objectives of the Convention,
Considering further the desirability of initiating without delay the
implementation of further measures consistent with the objectives of the
Convention in and with the affected African countries and of continuing to
pursue or strengthen, where necessary, such measures where they are
already in place,
Acknowledging with appreciation the preparatory and ongoing work
carried out by affected African countries and the assistance provided by a
number of countries, by multilateral organizations, including the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations
Development Programme/United Nations Sahelian Office (UNDP/UNSO),
the African Development Bank (ADB), and intergovernmental
organizations, including the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and non-governmental
organizations.
1. Encourages all countries to disseminate information and promote
education and public awareness about the objectives of the Convention;
2. Invites the affected African countries to take urgent steps, in particular, to
prepare national and subregional action programmes or, where action
programmes exist, such as National Environmental Action Plans, to review
and improve them, if necessary, and implement them, consistent with the
objectives of the Convention;
3. Invites the developed countries to provide support to the affected African
countries in such actions, including those in capacity-building;
4. Invites international and multilateral organizations, particularly UNDP,
including UNSO, UNEP, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the United Nations
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the
World Bank, to provide support and mobilize necessary resources for the
implementation of the present resolution;
5. Invites African subregional and regional organizations, particularly the
Organization of African Unity (OAU), the Permanent Inter-State Committee
for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS), the Preferential Trade Area
(PTA), the Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development
(IGADD), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Arab
Maghreb Union (UMA), the African Development Bank (ADB) and the
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), to provide support for the
implementation of this resolution;
6. Invites private-sector organizations, including relevant non- governmental
organizations, to provide support and mobilize necessary resources for
such actions by the affected African countries;
7. Recommends that the affected African countries designate coordinating
bodies at the national and subregional levels, if necessary, and at the
regional level for the implementation of this resolution;
8. Recommends, as priority, the establishment, at national and subregional
levels, in the affected African countries, of partnership arrangements with
the relevant developed countries, intergovernmental regional economic
organizations, non- governmental organizations and representatives of the
affected local populations to facilitate the coordination of activities, to be
initiated by the individual African country concerned;
9. Recommends also that such partnership arrangement should inter alia:
(a) Provide support to proposals in the preparation of national, subregional
and, to the extent possible, regional action programmes of the affected
African countries;
(b) Where national action programmes exist, review them and consider
action that may be needed to improve or reorientate them, as necessary;
(c) Improve coordination of effort at the national, subregional and regional
levels, taking into account those programmes and projects to combat
desertification that are in progress, including those supported by the
international community;
(d) Provide support for the implementation of specific project proposals
within the context of national, subregional and regional action programmes;
10. Invites the developed countries and the international and multilateral
organizations, agencies and programmes to provide enabling funds to
support the partnership arrangements referred to in paragraph 7 above;
11. Invites the affected African countries to provide information at the time
of signing the Convention, on the actions that they have taken or propose to
take, during the interim period, for the implementation of this resolution;
12. Invites the developed countries, subregional, regional, international
multilateral organizations and United Nations agencies and programmes
as well as those countries that may provide assistance on a voluntary
basis, to provide information, at the time of signing the Convention, on the
actions that they have taken or propose to take, including the provision of
financial and other resources, during the interim period, for the
implementation of the present resolution;
13. Invites also the affected African countries to propose, as appropriate,
additional measures to be taken at the subregional and regional levels in
support of national actions;
14. Requests the interim secretariat to the Convention to facilitate the
implementation of the present resolution, consistent with the
responsibilities allocated to it by the resolution of the Committee
concerning interim arrangements;
15. Invites those countries that are members of relevant United Nations
agencies and programmes and regional or multilateral financial institutions
to bring to the attention of those institutions the content of the present
resolution and promote their support for it.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Resolution on interim arrangements
The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the Elaboration of an
International Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries
Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa,
Having adopted the text of the United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or
Desertification, particularly in Africa,
Considering that preparations are required for an early and effective
operation of the Convention once it has entered into force,
Considering further the desirability of initiating without delay the
implementation of measures pursuant to the Convention,
Recalling General Assembly resolutions 47/188 of 22 December 1992 and
48/191 of 21 December 1993,
1. Calls upon States and regional economic integration organizations
entitled to do so to sign the Convention in Paris, on ........... 1994, and
thereafter to ratify, accept, approve or accede to the Convention;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to make appropriate arrangements for
the continuation of the signing period in New York during and after the
forty-ninth session of the General Assembly;
3. Requests the Secretary-General to make the necessary arrangements
for convening a session of the Committee, from 9 to 20 January 1995, in
accordance with paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 48/191, to
prepare for the first session of the Conference of the Parties, as specified
in the Convention;
4. Requests further the Secretary-General to make recommendations to
the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session regarding arrangements for
further sessions of the Committee until the first meeting of the Conference
of the Parties;
5. Invites the Secretary-General to include in his report to the General
Assembly, as required in paragraph 15 of resolution 48/191, proposals to
enable the secretariat established pursuant to resolution 47/188 to
continue its activities on an interim basis until the Permanent Secretariat of
the Convention is designated by the Conference of the Parties and begins
operating;
6. Appeals to Governments and organizations to make voluntary
contributions to the extrabudgetary funds established under General
Assembly resolution 47/188 in order to support the interim arrangements
and to ensure the full and effective participation of developing countries, in
particular those in Africa and the least developed countries, in all sessions
of the Committee and the adequate representation of non-governmental
organizations from developing countries;
7. Invites States and regional economic integration organizations entitled
to sign the Convention to communicate as soon as practicable to the
interim secretariat information regarding measures taken consistent with
the provisions of the Convention, either individually, bilaterally or
multilaterally, pending its entry into force.
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The Land
Africa is the world’s second largest continent. More than three times the
size of the United States, it is home to enormous mountains, tropical
rainforests, grassy savannas, three large deserts, and the world’s longest
river.
There are many tall mountains in East Africa. Mount Kilmanjaro, the
continent’s largest peak, is a volcano that is no longer active. Kilmanjaro
is located near the equator, but is so high that its peak is always covered
with snow.
The Great Rift Valley of East Africa is a huge crack in the earth’s surface.
The result is a stunning landscape stretching from Mozambique in the
south, to Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Sudan in the north. There are places along
the rift where the walls of the valley are more than a mile high.
Many lakes have formed in the Great Rift Valley. Lake Victoria, on the
border of Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, is the world’s second largest
freshwater lake. Victoria is a source of the Nile, the world’s longest river.
Lake Tanganyika formed in a rift and is almost a mile deep.
Most of equatorial Africa, or land near the equa-tor, is a lush, tropical
rainforest. The climate is hot and wet; an average of more than 70 inches
of rain falls annually. The rainforest is home to some of the world’s most
important vegetation because it provides oxygen to the entire planet, and
keeps the earth’s temperature from rising. If the earth’s tem-perature
rises, even by a few degrees, the ice near the north and south poles will
melt and the oceans will rise. Most of Palm Beach County is less than ten
feet above sea level; so global warming could have a strong impact on our
lives.
North and south of the rainforests are savannas, areas with tall grasses
and scattered trees and bushes. The savanna is home to large grazing
ani-mals like elephants, lions, tigers, giraffes, and ze-bras. The savanna is
generally not used for farming because the topsoil is too thin.
Africa is the world’s second largest continent. More than three times the
size of the United States, it is home to enormous mountains, tropical
rainforests, grassy savannas, three large deserts, and the world’s longest
river.
There are many tall mountains in East Africa. Mount Kilmanjaro, the
continent’s largest peak, is a volcano that is no longer active. Kilmanjaro
is located near the equator, but is so high that its peak is always covered
with snow.
The Great Rift Valley of East Africa is a huge crack in the earth’s surface.
The result is a stunning landscape stretching from Mozambique in the
south, to Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Sudan in the north. There are places along
the rift where the walls of the valley are more than a mile high.
Many lakes have formed in the Great Rift Valley. Lake Victoria, on the
border of Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, is the world’s second largest
freshwater lake. Victoria is a source of the Nile, the world’s longest river.
Lake Tanganyika formed in a rift and is almost a mile deep.
Most of equatorial Africa, or land near the equa-tor, is a lush, tropical
rainforest. The climate is hot and wet; an average of more than 70 inches
of rain falls annually. The rainforest is home to some of the world’s most
important vegetation because it provides oxygen to the entire planet, and
keeps the earth’s temperature from rising. If the earth’s tem-perature
rises, even by a few degrees, the ice near the north and south poles will
melt and the oceans will rise. Most of Palm Beach County is less than ten
feet above sea level; so global warming could have a strong impact on our
lives.
North and south of the rainforests are savannas, areas with tall grasses
and scattered trees and bushes. The savanna is home to large grazing
ani-mals like elephants, lions, tigers, giraffes, and ze-bras. The savanna is
generally not used for farming because the topsoil is too thin.
| Priority for Africa In implementing this Convention, the Parties shall give priority to affected African country Parties, in the light of the particular situation prevailing in that region, while not neglecting affected developing country Parties in other regions. |