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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification   Article 27 Measures to resolve questions on implementation The Conference of the Parties shall consider and adopt procedures and institutional mechanisms for the resolution of questions that may arise with regard to the implementation of the Convention. Article 28 Settlement of Disputes 1. Parties shall settle any dispute…

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification   Article 23 Permanent Secretariat 1. A Permanent Secretariat is hereby established. 2. The functions of the Permanent Secretariat shall be: (a) to make arrangements for sessions of the Conference of the Parties and its subsidiary bodies established under the Convention and to provide them with services as required;…

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification   Article 21 Financial mechanisms 1. The Conference of the Parties shall promote the availability of financial mechanisms and shall encourage such mechanisms to seek to maximize the availability of funding for affected developing country Parties, particularly those in Africa, to implement the Convention. To this end, the Conference…

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification   Article 19 Capacity building, Education and public awareness 1. The Parties recognize the significance of capacity building — that is to say, institution building, training and development of relevant local and national capacities — in efforts to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought. They shall promote,…

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification   Article 15 Regional implementation annexes Elements for incorporation in action programmes shall be selected and adapted to the socio-economic, geographical and climatic factors applicable to affected country Parties or regions, as well as to their level of development. Guidelines for the preparation of action programmes and their exact…

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification   Article 15 Regional implementation annexes Elements for incorporation in action programmes shall be selected and adapted to the socio-economic, geographical and climatic factors applicable to affected country Parties or regions, as well as to their level of development. Guidelines for the preparation of action programmes and their exact…

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification   Article 8 Relationship with other conventions 1. The Parties shall encourage the coordination of activities carried out under this Convention and, if they are Parties to them, under other relevant international agreements, particularly the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity ,…

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification   PART I INTRODUCTION Article 1 Use of terms For the purposes of this Convention: (a) “desertification”means land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities; (b) “combating desertification”includes activities which are part of the integrated development of land…

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification   PART I INTRODUCTION Article 1 Use of terms For the purposes of this Convention: (a) “desertification”means land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities; (b) “combating desertification”includes activities which are part of the integrated development of land…

United Nations Conference on the Human Environment   Principle 7 States shall take all possible steps to prevent pollution of the seas by substances that are liable to create hazards to human health, to harm living resources and marine life, to damage amenities or to interfere with other legitimate uses of the sea. Principle 8…

United Nations Conference on the Human Environment   I Proclaims that: 1. Man is both creature and moulder of his environment, which gives him physical sustenance and affords him the opportunity for intellectual, moral, social and spiritual growth. In the long and tortuous evolution of the human race on this planet a stage has been…

United Nations Conference on the Human Environment   I Proclaims that: 1. Man is both creature and moulder of his environment, which gives him physical sustenance and affords him the opportunity for intellectual, moral, social and spiritual growth. In the long and tortuous evolution of the human race on this planet a stage has been…