The Arab League on Saturday called for efforts to confront drought and desertification in light of number of Arab countries lacking water resources, which resulted in land degradation and lack of agricultural land.
This came on the occasion of the 29th World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, themed “Her Land. Her Rights”, said Arab League in a statement.
The day will focus on women’s land rights as a vital component to achieve the global goal of gender equality and land degradation, statement added.
IT noted that drought is one of the most important issues that the Arab League is following up through the Technical Secretariat of the Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment and Arab team concerned with international environmental conventions on biological diversity and combating desertification.
The Arab team meets periodically every year for coordinating Arab positions in this field and participating in the conferences of the United Nations Conventions on Biological Diversity and to combat desertification, it added.
Source: Kuwait News Agency
