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DISSATISFACTION WITH THE GLOBAL MECHANISM:
There is also
concern about the Global Mechanism itself. OECD countries did not
support the G-77's call for a desertification fund, citing the
failure of the fund to implement the 1977 Plan of Action, and
commenting that the overhead and administrative costs associated
with such a fund would markedly reduce the amount of funds
available in the field. The compromise -- the establishment of a
Global Mechanism -- met the concerns of the donors, however, many
Africans were dissatisfied, arguing that such a mechanism would not
catalyze new and additional resource and would divert limited
resources to other regions. This led some to remark that "the
thieves had got the banquet." Furthermore, the current language
also provides a hazy picture of the functions of the Global
Mechanism, with no indication as to how it will be set up,
administered, or implemented.