Countries stricken by desertification and drought in Africa.

Appeals urgently to the international community, particularly donor countries, to support the Permanent Inter-State Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel, the Intergovernmental Authority for Drought and Development and the Ministerial Conference for a joint policy to combat desertification; stresses the fundamental importance of South-South cooperation in executing programmes to combat desertification and drought and of the support of the international community that is necessary for such cooperation; recommends that, within the framework of bilateral and multilateral development assistance programmes, the fight against desertification and drought should be given priority attention in keeping with the scope of those problems; invites the UN Sudano-Sahelian Office to increase its efforts to mobilize additional resources in support of efforts of the countries within its purview and of the relevant regional organizations notably the Permanent Inter-State Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel and the Intergovernmental Authority for Drought and Development; urges the UN Sudano-Sahelian Office to help the Sudano-Sahelian countries to prepare for the UN Conference on Environment and Development and the follow-up activities resulting therefrom; invites FAO to provide the countries of the region with all the technical assistance required to implement the recommendations of the International Scheme for the Conservation and Rehabilitation of African Lands, and invites the international community to support the Scheme and initiatives within the framework of the implementation of national progrmmes for the control of desertification and drought.

Adopted without vote, 32nd meeting

Adopted at the 32nd plenary meeting, 26 July 1991.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its 2nd regular session of 1991, Geneva, 3-26 July 1991. - E/1991/INF/10. - 30 Aug. 1991. - p. 89-93. - Issued in ESCOR, 1991, Suppl. no. 1 and 1a.