Countries Stricken by Desertification and Drought

A/RES/39/208View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 141 Countries stricken by desertification and drought, published in 1985.

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2 versions · 1985–1986

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/40/175

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1986	A/RES/40/175	Countries stricken by desertification and drought	718	21%Compare
1985	A/RES/39/208	Countries stricken by desertification and drought	1,218	–

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12 subjects

Agricultural Production Desertification Development Assistance Development Planning Drought-Stricken Areas Food Production Industrialization International Trade Least Developed Countries Raw Materials Technical Cooperation Among Developing Countries Water Resources Development

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12 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the results of the Ministerial Conference for a joint policy to combat desertification in the countries of the Permanent Inter-State Committee on Drought Control in the Sahe) and the Economic Community of West African States, in the Maghreb countries and in Egypt and the Sudan, convened at Dakar on the initiative of the President of Senegal, and notes with satisfaction the final resolution adopted by the Conference;'3 1 2.

Recommends that high priority should be given in the development plans and programmes of the affected countries themselves to the problem of desertification and to problems resulting from drought;

Recognizes that particular attention should be given to countries stricken by desertification and drought and that special efforts should be made by the international community, particularly the developed countries, in sup-

port of action taken individually or collectively by the affected countries;

Recommends that the international community, above all the developed countries, should continue to provide coherent short-term, medium-term and long-term assistance to the countries stricken by desertification and drought in order to support effectively the rehabilitation process - in particular through intensive reafforestation - and the renewal of growth of agricultural production in the affected countries, particularly in Africa;

Recommends that, within the framework of bilateral and multilateral aid programmes, the fight against desertification and drought should be granted priority in view of the extent of those problems;

Takes note of decision 12/10 of 28 May I 984 on desertification, adopted by the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme, 134 calls for its full and speedy implementation, requests the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme to have the United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office establish specific biennial programmes for the ongoing implementation of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification, with the requirement that these programmes be submitted for the consideration and joint approval of the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, and, lastly, emphasizes the urgent need for increased financial support by the international community for the activities of the Office and of the United Nations Environment Programme;

Emphasizes the fundamental importance of all forms of South-South co-operation m executing programmes to combat desertification and drought;

Appeals to all members of the international community, organs and agencies of the United Nations system, regional and subregional financial institutions, as well as non-governmental organizations, to continue to provide full support, in all forms - including financial, technical, or any other form of assistance - to the development efforts of countries stricken by desertification and drought;

Welcomes the decision of the Trade and Development Board to request the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to prepare a study on the impact of desertification and drought on the external trade of the countries affected; 135 I 0.

Requests the appropriate organs and agencies of the United Nations to provide the Secretary-General with all relevant studies carried out in their respective spheres of competence, in particular with respect to food and agricultural production, development of water resources, industrialization and raw materials, for transmission to the stricken countries;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that in the activities of the organs and agencies of the United Nations, emphasis should also be placed on scientific knowledge of the causes and effects of the phenomena of desertification and drought and on the use of the most appropriate technology to overcome them;

Also requests the Secretary-General to place greater emphasis on the situation and prospects of the countries stricken by desertification and drought in the World /fronomic Survc1~ I J.

Further requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary steps to ensure the implementation of the different activities mentioned above and to report to the General Assembly, at its fortieth session, through the Economic and Social Council, on the evolution of the situation in these countries, and to formulate proposals for specific, coordinated action.

l30see E/1984/109, annex.

l32 Report of the emced J.Vations Con_ll'rence on Desertihca11on, ,\'a,roh1, 29 131 See A/39/530. annex.

·lugust-9 September /<J' 7 (A CONF.74136), chap. I.

133 See A/C 2 391,. ,rnm·x

134 See Official Records of the General Assemhly. Thmy-ntnth Session, Suf~lement No. 25 (A/39/25), annex.

5 !bid., Supplement No. 15 (A/39/15). vol. II, secl. IIA resolution 295 (XXIX), para. 6.

136 See Proceedings of the United Natwns Conference on Trade and Development, Third Session, vol. I, Report and Annexes (United Nations publication, Sales No. E. 73.11.D.4), annex I.A.

I 37 Ibid., Fourth Session, vol. I, Report and Annexe,· (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.76JI.D.I0 and corrigendum). part one. sec1. A.

I 38 find .. F(/ih Sesswn. vol. I. Rcport and .·111111'.\I'., (l ln,Jed Na11ons pubhcation, Sales No. E.79.11.D.l4). part one. sect. A.

139 f/,,d .. S,xth Session. vol. I Report and Anrw,n (I lnitcd Nations puhhcatmn. Sales No. E.83.11.D.6). part one. ,ert. A 140 See resolution 35/56. annex.

141 Oft,c,a/ R,n,rds of the Thml l 'mted lVatwns Confi·n•nce 011 the LaH of thc Sea. vol. XVII (United Na11on, puhhcat1on. Sales No. F.84.V._1). document •\ '( '( lNF.62 122

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