ARC/04/REP

Report of the Twenty-Third FAO Regional Conference for Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa, 1-5 March 2004
 

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

   
 

Table of Contents


FAO Member Nations in the Africa Region

Algeria

Gabon

Nigeria

Angola

Gambia

Rwanda

Benin

Ghana

Sao Tome and Principe

Botswana

Guinea

Senegal

Burkina Faso

Guinea-Bissau

Seychelles

Burundi

Kenya

Sierra Leone

Cameroon

Lesotho

South Africa

Cape Verde

Liberia

Sudan

Central African Republic

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Swaziland

Chad

Madagascar

Tanzania

Comoros

Malawi

Togo

Congo

Mali

Tunisia

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Mauritania

Uganda

Cote d’Ivoire

Mauritius

Zambia

Djibouti

Morocco

Zimbabwe

Egypt

Mozambique


Equatorial Guinea

Namibia


Eritrea

Niger


Ethiopia



Date and place of FAO Regional Conferences for Africa

First

-

Lagos, Nigeria, 3 - 12 November 1960

Second

-

Tunis, Tunisia, 1 - 10 November 1962

Third

-

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 3 - 15 September 1964

Fourth

-

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 9 - 19 November 1966

Fifth

-

Kampala, Uganda, 18 - 29 November 1968

Sixth

-

Algiers, Algeria, 17 September - 3 October 1970

Seventh

-

Libreville, Gabon, 14 - 30 September 1972

Eighth

-

Rose Hill, Mauritius, 1 - 17 August 1974

Ninth

-

Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2 - 12 November 1976

Tenth

-

Arusha, Tanzania, 18 - 28 September 1978

Eleventh

-

Lomé, Togo, 16 - 27 June 1980

Twelfth

-

Algiers, Algeria, 22 September - 2 October 1982

Thirteenth

-

Harare, Zimbabwe, 16 - 25 July 1984

Fourteenth

-

Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire, 2 - 11 September 1986

Fifteenth

-

Moka, Mauritius, 26 April - 4 May 1988

Sixteenth

-

Marrakech, Morocco, 11 - 15 June 1990

Seventeenth

-

Accra, Ghana, 20 - 24 July 1992

Eighteenth

-

Gaborone, Botswana, 24 - 28 October 1994

Nineteenth

-

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 16 - 20 April 1996

Twentieth

-

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 16 - 20 February 1998

Twenty-first

-

Yaoundé, Cameroon, 21 - 25 February 2000

Twenty-second

-

Cairo, Egypt, 4-8 February 2002

Twenty-third

-

Johannesburg, South Africa, 1-5 March 2004


The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner.

© FAO 2004


Table of Contents

SUMMARY OF MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS

I. INTRODUCTORY ITEMS

Organization of the Conference
Inaugural Ceremony
Election of Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons and Appointment of Rapporteurs
Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable

II. STATEMENTS

Statement by the Director-General of FAO
Opening Address by the President of the Republic of South Africa
Statement by the Independent Chairman of FAO Council
Statement by the Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme
Report on FAO Activities in the Region 2002-2003 (ARC/04/2)

III. DISCUSSION ITEMS

Implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP): Progress Review and related Sub-Items (ARC/04/4.1)
Integrated Water Resource Management for Food Security in Africa (ARC/04/5)
Standing Item: World Food Summit and World Food Summit: five years later - Regional Dimensions (ARC/04/3)

IV. INFORMATION ITEMS

Contribution of Agricultural Research and Extension to Food Security and Poverty Alleviation (ARC/04/INF/5)
The Bushmeat Crisis in Africa: Conciliating Food Security and Biodiversity Conservation (ARC/04/INF/7)
HIV/AIDS and the Food Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa (ARC/04/INF/8)
The International Year of Rice (ARC/04/INF/9)
FAO Strategic Framework for Bridging the Rural Digital Divide (ARC/04/INF/10)

V. SIDE EVENTS

Fourth FAO/NGO/CSO Consultation for Africa
AfDB/FAO Round Table

VI. OTHER MATTERS

Any other business

VII. CONCLUDING ITEMS

Date and Place of the Twenty-fourth FAO Regional Conference for Africa
Adoption of the Report of the Conference
Closure of the Conference

APPENDICES

Appendix A. Agenda
Appendix B. List of Delegates
Appendix C. List of Documents
Appendix D. Statement by the FAO Director-General to the Twenty-Third FAO Regional Conference for Africa
Appendix E. Opening Address by the President of the Republic of South Africa
Appendix F. Report of the Technical Committee of the Twenty-Third FAO Regional Conference for Africa