A/RES/63/218 United Nations Distr.: General 25 February 2009 General Assembly Sixty-third session Agenda item 49 (e) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2008 [on the report of the Second Committee (A/63/414/Add.5)] 63/218. Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 58/211 of 23 December 2003, 61/202 of 20 December 2006, 62/193 of 19 December 2007 and other resolutions relating to the implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, 1 0F Recalling also the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 2 1F Reasserting its commitment to combating and reversing desertification and land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, consistent with articles 1, 2 and 3 of the Convention, and to mitigating the effect of drought, eradicating extreme poverty, promoting sustainable development and improving the livelihoods of people affected by drought and/or desertification, taking into account the ten-year strategic plan and framework to enhance the implementation of the Convention (2008–2018), 3 2F Determined to build upon the momentum and to boost the spirit of international solidarity generated by the designation of 2006 as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification, and welcoming the adoption of the ten-year strategic plan and framework, Reaffirming the universal membership of the Convention, and acknowledging that desertification, land degradation and drought are problems of a global dimension in that they affect all regions of the world, Emphasizing that desertification, land degradation and drought seriously threaten the ability of developing countries to achieve the internationally agreed _______________ 1 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1954, No. 33480. See resolution 60/1. 3 A/C.2/62/7, annex. 2 08-48387

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