From Africa Recovery, Vol.12#2 (November 1998), Briefs page

Progress in rallying political will to combat desertification

Fifty-one African countries have ratified the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD), and another "is on its way" to ratifying the convention, reported Mr. Hama Arba Diallo, Executive Secretary of the UN CCD, during an informal briefing on 21 October at the UN in New York.

Commending progress at the national level in rallying the political will to combat desertification, Mr. Diallo noted that 143 countries have now ratified or acceded to the convention, with Rwanda most recently added to the list.

Mr. Diallo emphasized that even those countries which have not completed CCD ratification or accession processes are welcome to attend the second Conference of the Parties (COP-2), in Dakar, Senegal, from 30 November-11 December 1998.

At COP-2, developing countries will discuss their experiences in implementing the CCD and those countries that have established national action programmes will report on their progress. Developed countries will report on their activities to help combat desertification in developing countries.

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