2. Welcomes the decision taken by the Second Assembly of the Global Environment Facility that the Facility shall be available to serve as a financial mechanism of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa,United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1954, No. 33480. pursuant to article 21 of the Convention, if the Conference of the Parties to the Convention should so decide, and in this regard notes with satisfaction that the Assembly of the Global Environment Facility has requested the Council of the Facility to consider any such decision of the Conference of the Parties with a view to making the necessary arrangements;
2. 欢迎全球环境基金第二届大会作出决定，如果公约缔约方会议决定按照公约第21条由全球环境基金担任《联合国关于在发生严重干旱和/或荒漠化的国家特别是在非洲防治荒漠化的公约》联合国，《条约汇编》，第1954卷，第33480号。 的财务机制，全球环境基金应可这样做，在这方面，满意地注意到全球环境基金大会已请全球环境基金理事会审议缔约方会议的任何有关决定，以期作出必要的安排；