4. Further welcomes the outcome of the Second Assembly of the Global Environment Facility, held in Beijing from 16 to 18 October 2002, in particular the decision to designate land degradation as a new focal area of the Facility, which will, inter alia, support the implementation of the Convention;
4. 还欢迎2002年10月16日至18日在北京举行的全球环境基金第二次大会的成果，特别是将土地退化问题指定为基金一个新重点领域的决定，除其他外，这将支持《公约》的执行工作；