17 June
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought was
proclaimed by the General Assembly in 1994 (resolution 49/115). On that date, the same
year, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification was adopted. States were
invited to devote the World Day to promoting awareness of the need for international
cooperation to combat desertification and the effects of drought, and on the
implementation of the Convention to Combat Desertification.
Source: UN web site: http://www.un.org/events/ref40.htm
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