A/RES/60/201 Expressing its deep appreciation and gratitude to the Government of Kenya for hosting the seventh session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention in Nairobi from 17 to 28 October 2005, Welcoming the offer made by the Government of Spain to host the eighth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention in the autumn of 2007, Welcoming also the offer made by the Government of Argentina to host the fifth session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention in September 2006, Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General 4 on the implementation 1. of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa;1 2. Resolves to support and strengthen the implementation of the Convention to address causes of desertification and land degradation, as well as poverty resulting from land degradation, through, inter alia, the mobilization of adequate and predictable financial resources, the transfer of technology and capacity-building at all levels; Notes with interest the decisions of the Conference of the Parties to the 3. Convention at its seventh session on the outcomes of the third and fourth sessions of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention; 5 4. Invites the donor community to increase its support to the implementation of the Convention with a view to bringing greater international attention to bear on the issue of land degradation and desertification, which will contribute to the improvement of the sustainable development of drylands and the global environment; Welcomes the decision of the Conference of the Parties at its seventh 5. session to conclude with the Council of the Global Environment Facility and to adopt the memorandum of understanding on enhanced collaboration between the Convention and the Facility; 6 6. Invites the Global Environment Facility to strengthen the focal area of land degradation, primarily desertification and deforestation; 7. Also invites the Global Environment Facility to continue to make resources available for capacity-building activities in affected country parties implementing the Convention; Takes note with interest of ongoing efforts to diversify the availability of 8. financial resources to support activities aimed at combating desertification and poverty; 9. Calls upon Governments, where appropriate, in collaboration with relevant multilateral organizations, including the Global Environment Facility implementation agencies, to integrate desertification into their plans and strategies for sustainable development; 10. Stresses the importance of the implementation of all decisions of the Conference of the Parties, in particular the decisions taken at its seventh session on _______________ 4 A/60/171, sect. II. See ICCD/COP(7)/16/Add.1. 6 Ibid., decision 6/COP.7 and annex. 5 2