United Nations celebrates 17 June every year as the World Day to Combat Desertification. This year marks the 25^th anniversary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). This event provides an opportunity for us to work in a collective manner to show our commitment and also to restore our degraded land.

The slogan for this year is “Let’s grow the future together”.

As everyone can see and feel the effects of climate change recently, it is our prime responsibility to take care of our environment. We need to ensure that all global citizens have enough food, water and energy resources. We need to work together to preserve and restore environment sustainability.

A/RES/49/115 invites all states to devote the day to promoting public awareness. On this day, let’s join together and engage more and more people to understand the significance of this day and take steps to avoid land degradation.