Emergency action to combat locust infestation in Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.

Expresses its deep concern at the worsening locust infestation in Africa, especially in the Sahel and Maghreb regions, which threatens other regions of Africa, and reaffirms the need to accord high priority to locust control and eradication; notes with satisfaction the efforts of the affected countries, and expresses its gratitude to donor countries, FAO and other competent institutions of the UN system for their efforts to contain the locust infestation in Africa; calls upon the international community, particularly the developed countries and the UN system, to support fully the locust control programmes undertaken at the national, subregional and regional levels by the affected countries; invites FAO speedily to implement the emergency plan adopted by the experts from the region at their meeting held at Tunis on 1 and 2 Sept. 1993 and to undertake the relevant complementary activities with a view to controlling the situation in the front-line countries; request the Director-General of FAO, in collaboration with the Secretary-General, to keep the situation under constant review and to organize a pledging conference as early as possible in the 1st quarter of 1994 with a view to mobilizing the necessary financial and other resources such as aircraft, appropriate chemicals and technical personnel to provide effective assistance to affected countries in their efforts to combat the locust infestation in Africa.

Adopted without vote, 58th meeting

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Adopted at the 58th plenary meeting, 19 Nov. 1993.