United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification information
International treaty on environmental protection
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa
Type
Multilateral environmental agreement
Context
Environmentalism, Desertification
Drafted
17 June 1994 (1994-06-17)
Signed
14 October 1994 – 13 October 1995
Location
Bonn, Germany New York, United States
Effective
26 December 1996 (1996-12-26)
Condition
Ratification by 50 States
Parties
197
All 193 UN Member States
Cook Islands
European Union
Niue
Palestine
Depositary
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Languages
Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
Full text
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The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (UNCCD) is a Convention to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought through national action programs that incorporate long-term strategies supported by international cooperation and partnership arrangements.
The Convention, the only convention stemming from a direct recommendation of the Rio Conference's Agenda 21, was adopted in Paris, France, on 17 June 1994 and entered into force in December 1996. It is the only internationally legally binding framework set up to address the problem of desertification. The Convention is based on the principles of participation, partnership and decentralization—the backbone of good governance and sustainable development. It has 197 parties, making it near universal in reach.
To help publicise the Convention, 2006 was declared "International Year of Deserts and Desertification" but debates have ensued regarding how effective the International Year was in practice.[1]
Ibrahim Thiaw was appointed as Under Secretary General of the United Nations and UNCCD Executive Secretary on 31 January 2019.[2]
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