Welcoming the decision taken by the Council of the Global Environment Facility at its May 2001 session to pursue the designation of land degradation, primarily desertification and deforestation, as a focal area of the Facility, as a means of enhancing its support for the successful implementation of the Convention,
欢迎全球环境基金理事会在其2001年5月届会作出决定，指定土地退化、主要是荒漠化和毁林为环境基金的一个重点领域，以此加强它对成功执行公约的支持，