A Joint International Conference on “Desertification and the International Policy Imperative,” organized under the framework of the 2006 International Year of Deserts and Desertification (IYDD), built on outcomes from other IYDD events to consider policies needed for successful dryland management.

Two signing ceremonies were organized at the conclusion of the 17-19 December 2006 conference in Algiers, Algeria. In the first, high-level representatives endorsed a proposal initiated by Algeria and Arab ministers requesting that 2010-2020 be named as a decade of deserts and desertification at the next session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. The second ceremony, signed by six partner research institutes, reflected their commitment to support an international master’s degree programme for drylands at the United Nations University (UNU).

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