2- واعتمدت الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة، في دورتها العادية الثامنة والخمسين، القرار 58/211 (A/RES/58/211) الذي أعلن عام 2006 سنة دولية للصحارى والتصحر.
The General Assembly of the United Nations, at its 58th fifty-eighth ordinary session, adopted resolution A/RES/58/211 which declares 2006 the “International Year of Deserts and Desertification” In doing so, the General Assembly underlined its deep concern for the exacerbation of desertification, particularly in Africa, and duly noted its far-reaching implications for the implementation of the MDGs, in particular on poverty eradication.