World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought,
June 17, was proclaimed by the General Assembly in 1994. It aims to
devote the World Day to promoting awareness of the need for
international co-operation to combat desertification and the effects of
drought, and on the implementation of the Convention to Combat
Desertification.
![Young students eat lunch in Ganhai village of Xuanwu city, in southwest China's Yunnan province, on March 24, 2010.[Xinhua]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uzJ7KVM2jd46CYHFgR0sDPylzGwmfUDS7Mcpoeodzo74FbhKnmWUjhcUow0Etd-iUJdkk_YjUVfAuCKMRWuxImQ4pDlPJQ3bkKw42xUZtKBHEiN0HImCEYMgYAvg6dKj22OGfaLk5IoxawGU-HKwgKs2K8ENun=s0-d)
Desertification, land degradation and
drought threaten human security by depriving people of their means of
life by taking away food, access to water, the means for economic
activities, and even their homes.
In China, the worst drought in a century
has lingered in over five provinces in Southwest China since September
2009, affecting more than 50 million people and leaving almost 20
million people and millions of livestock short of drinking water
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