Emphasizing that desertification seriously threatens the ability of developing countries to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and recognizing that the timely and effective implementation of the Convention would help to achieve these goals,
强调荒漠化严重威胁到发展中国家实现国际商定的发展目标、包括千年发展目标的能力，并认识到及时而有效地执行《公约》有助于实现这些目标，