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ARTICLE 1 BIS -- SCOPE OF CONVENTION:
This article was
proposed by the Africans, although Sweden, Norway and Finland
called for its deletion. The proposed text read that the provisions
of this Convention apply in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid
regions affected by drought and/or desertification, subject to the
rights of other States as well as national jurisdiction. No
agreement was reached and the Chair requested that interested
countries submit drafting proposals to the Secretariat if they
wanted to include this article in the text. No text appears in the
revised document.