Law-ref.org United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa
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ARTICLE-10: National action programmes     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The purpose of national action programmes is to identify the factors contributing to desertification and practical measures necessary to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought. ...


ARTICLE-17: Research and development     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) respond to well defined objectives, address the specific needs of local populations and lead to the identification and implementation of solutions that improve the living standards of people in affected areas; ...


ARTICLE-19: Capacity building, education and public awareness     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (e) assess educational needs in affected areas, elaborate appropriate school curricula and expand, as needed, educational and adult literacy programmes and opportunities for all, in particular for girls and women, on the identification, conservation and sustainable use and management of the natural resources of affected areas; and ...


ARTICLE-21: Financial mechanisms     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 5. The Conference of the Parties shall identify, at its first ordinary session, an organization to house the Global Mechanism. The Conference of the Parties and the organization it has identified shall agree upon modalities for this Global Mechanism to ensure inter alia that such Mechanism: ...
... 5. The Conference of the Parties shall identify, at its first ordinary session, an organization to house the Global Mechanism. The Conference of the Parties and the organization it has identified shall agree upon modalities for this Global Mechanism to ensure inter alia that such Mechanism: ...
... (a) identifies and draws up an inventory of relevant bilateral and multilateral cooperation programmes that are available to implement the Convention; ...
... 6. The Conference of the Parties shall, at its first session, make appropriate arrangements with the organization it has identified to house the Global Mechanism for the administrative operations of such Mechanism, drawing to the extent possible on existing budgetary and human resources. ...


ARTICLE-25: Networking of institutions, agencies and bodies     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) identify those national, subregional, regional and international units that are most appropriate for networking, and recommend operational procedures, and a time frame, for them; and ...
... (b) identify the units best suited to facilitating and strengthening such networking at all levels. ...


ARTICLE-26: Communication of information     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 7. The Conference of the Parties shall facilitate the provision to affected developing countries, particularly those in Africa, on request, of technical and financial support in compiling and communicating information in accordance with this article, as well as identifying the technical and financial needs associated with action programmes. ...