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REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATION ANNEX FOR ASIA:
This Annex is much
shorter and more general in scope than the African Annex. The Asian
countries felt that the level of detail that characterizes the
African Annex would not be appropriate here, given the vast and
varied geographical expanse of the region. Hence, it only contains
eight articles: purpose; conditions of the region; framework and
content of national action programmes; subregional and joint action
programmes; regional activities; financial resources and
mechanisms; and coordination and cooperation mechanisms. The Asian
Governments decided not to articulate concrete commitments in their
Annex since they did not want to be legally-bound to financial
obligations. On the other hand, the financial resources and
mechanisms provisions were not as elaborate as those in the African
Annex. This was due in large part to the sentiment of the donor
countries that the Asian countries are better able to mobilize
local resources to deal with drought and desertification,
especially since the impact in Asia has not been as severe as in
the African region.