Study on financing the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification.

  • Author: UN General Assembly (37th sess. : 1982-1983)
  • Document source:
    UN General Assembly
  • Date:
    20 December 1982
UN General Assembly (37th sess. : 1982-1983), Study on financing the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification., A/RES/37/220, UN General Assembly, 20 December 1982, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1982/en/6558 [accessed 13 January 2025]
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  The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 32/172 of 19 December 1977, 33/89 of 15 December 1978, 34/184 of 18 December 1979 and 36/191 of 17 December 1981, dealing with the implementation of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification and of its financing, Taking note of the relevant section of the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its tenth session and, in particular, paragraphs 2 and 4 of section VII of Governing Council decision 10/14 of 31 May 1982 on the implementation of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification,

1. Notes again the report of the Secretary-General and the annex thereto, containing feasibility studies on additional measures of financing the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification, prepared by a high-level group of experts;

2. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on financing the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification and of the fact that the number of replies received from Governments in response to the request made by the General Assembly in paragraphs 3 and 4 of its resolution

36/191 of 17 December 1981 was too small to allow for preparation of the report requested of the Secretary-General in the same resolution;

3. Urges all Member States that have not yet provided their comments to the Secretary-General on the feasibility studies and concrete recommendations for the implementation of the additional measures of financing, as well as on the modalities for obtaining financial resources as described in the report of the Secretary-General, to do so as soon as possible;

4. Requests again the Secretary-General to refer the experts' feasibility study and the working plan for the establishment of an international financial corporation to finance non-commercial desertification measures, annexed to his report, to Member States and to seek their views on:

(a) The establishment of the corporation;

(b) Their interest in participating financially therein;

5. Also requests the Secretary-General, in co-operation with the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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