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Algeria
stated that the problem of desertification is global
and the Convention should not be second-rate. The Convention should
be given the same priority and attention as climate change and
biodiversity. The Convention should have practical modalities and
the other regional instruments should be negotiated only after June
1994. An interim mechanism should be set up and a prompt start
should be endorsed by the General Assembly. Algeria is concerned
about the financial resources for the Convention. Some countries
only want to use existing resources, yet this is why the 1977 Plan
of Action to Combat Desertification failed. A special fund should
be established. Algeria also announced that it is willing to host
an INCD Bureau meeting in the Sahara as well as an African
preparatory meeting in early January 1994, just prior to the third
session of the INCD.