27 July 1989

36th plenary meeting

Plan of Action to Combat Desertification

The Economic and Social Council,

Recalling General Assembly resolution 42/189 of 11 December 1987 concerning the implementation and financing of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification, in particular resolution 42/189 B concerning the implementation of the Plan in the Sudano-Sahelian region,

Taking note with interest of the report of the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme on the activities of the United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office,

Taking note also of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 42/189 A, B and C,

Noting that the delay in the availability of documentation prevented the Council from giving full consideration to this question,

Decides to transmit to the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session, for in-depth consideration and appropriate action, the reports of the Secretary-General and of the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, and decision 15/23 of 25 May 1989 of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme as well as the draft resolution contained in the annex to decision 15/23 D, together with the views and comments expressed at the second regular session of 1989 of the Economic and Social Council.