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 ANTI-DESERTJFICATJON PACT IN FORCE     
 A +N pact deuignjd to prevent the      
 creation of new desert areas has come  
 into force.                            
                                        
 Convention to Combat Desertification   
 was the third ttiaty agreed at the Rio 
 de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992O       
                                        
 The encroaching desert i; said to cost 
 d43bn annually in lost arable and      
 grazing land and living space,         
                                        
 UN Secretary-General Boutros Bouttos-  
 Ghali described the convention as a    
 turning point in environmental terms.  
                                        
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