A/RES/62/193
Reaffirming the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable
Development (“Johannesburg Plan of Implementation”), 3 which recognizes the
Convention as one of the tools for poverty eradication,
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Recognizing the need to provide the secretariat of the Convention with stable,
adequate and predictable resources in order to enable it to continue to discharge its
responsibilities in an efficient and timely manner,
Welcoming the decision of the eleventh session of the Commission on
Sustainable Development to consider, among others, the issue of desertification and
drought during its sixteenth and seventeenth sessions, 4
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Expressing its deep appreciation to the Government of Spain for hosting the
eighth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention in Madrid from
3 to 14 September 2007,
Expressing also its deep appreciation to the Government of Argentina for
hosting the fifth session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of
the Convention in Buenos Aires from 12 to 21 March 2007,
Welcoming the offer made by the Government of Turkey to host the seventh
session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention
in conjunction with the special intersessional session of the Committee on Science
and Technology, in Istanbul, from 20 to 29 October 2008,
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation
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of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries
Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa; 5
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Reaffirms its resolve to support and strengthen the implementation of the
Convention1 with a view to addressing 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;
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Welcomes the adoption by the Conference of the Parties to the
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Convention at its eighth session, in its decision 3/COP.8, of the ten-year strategic
plan and framework to enhance the implementation of the Convention (2008–
2018), 6 invites all parties, the secretariat of the Convention and other institutions
and supporting bodies to cooperate and coordinate their activities for a successful
implementation of the strategy, and also invites all parties to report on the progress
made in the implementation of the strategy;
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Expresses its appreciation for the financial contributions made by
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Member States and other relevant stakeholders in support of the activities of the
Intersessional Intergovernmental Working Group on the ten-year strategic plan and
framework to enhance the implementation of the Convention;
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Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August–
4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution
2, annex.
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See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2003, Supplement No. 9 (E/2003/29), chap. I,
sect. A, draft resolution I.
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A/62/276, annex II.
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A/C.2/62/7, annex.
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