Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations


ARC/06/REP

 

REPORT

Twenty-FOURTh FAO
Regional Conference
for AFRICA

 

Bamako, Mali
30 January - 3 February 2006

   
 

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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

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Lagos, Nigeria, 3 - 12 November 1960

Second

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Tunis, Tunisia, 1 - 10 November 1962

Third

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 3 - 15 September 1964

Fourth

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

Fifth

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Kampala, Uganda, 18 - 29 November 1968

Sixth

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Algiers, Algeria, 17 September - 3 October 1970

Seventh

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Libreville, Gabon, 14 - 30 September 1972

Eighth

-

Rose Hill, Mauritius, 1 - 17 August 1974

Ninth

-

Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2 - 12 November 1976

Tenth

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Arusha, Tanzania, 18 - 28 September 1978

Eleventh

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Lomé, Togo, 16 - 27 June 1980

Twelfth

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Algiers, Algeria, 22 September - 2 October 1982

Thirteenth

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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

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Gaborone, Botswana, 24 - 28 October 1994

Nineteenth

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 16 - 20 April 1996

Twentieth

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 16 - 20 February 1998

Twenty-first

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Yaoundé, Cameroon, 21 - 25 February 2000

Twenty-second

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Cairo, Egypt, 4-8 February 2002

Twenty-third

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Johannesburg, South Africa, 1-5 March 2004

Twenty-fourth - Bamako, Mali, 30 January - 3 February 2006

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FAO Activities in the Region (2004-2005) with a focus on the 66 - 68 Achievement of the World Food Summit (WFS) targets and the Millennium Devlopment Goals

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SUMMARY OF MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS

I. INTRODUCTORY ITEMS

Organization of the Conference

1-2

Inaugural Ceremonies

3-4

Election of Chairpersons, Vice-Chairpersons and Rapporteur

5

Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable

6

II. STATEMENTS

 

Statement of the Director-General of FAO

7-21

Statement of the Independent Chairperson of the Republic of Mali

22-30

Statement by the Independent Chairman of the FAO Council

31-34

Statement by the Outgoing Chairperson

35-38

Statement by the Vice President of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

39-42

Statement by the Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme

43-47

Statement by the Representative of the Holy See

48-53

Statement by the Italian Cooperation

54-57

III. DISCUSSION ITEMS

 

Matters Arising from the33rd Session of the FAO Conference (Rome 19 - 26 November 2005)

58-65

FAO Activities in the Region (2004-2005) with a focus on the Achievement of the World Food Summit (WFS) targets and the Millennium Devlopment Goals

66-68

Report of the Technical Committee

69-70

Enhancing the Competitiveness of Agriculture and Natural Resources

71-84

Management under Globalization and Liberalization to Promote Economic Growth African Seeds and Biotechnology Programme

85-87

IV. INFORMATION ITEMS

 

Policy and Regulation of Biotechnology in Food Production

87-90

Fire in the Agriculture-Forestry Interface

91-95

Agrarian Reform, Land Policies and the Millennium Development Goals: FAO's interventions and lessons learned during the Past decade

96-102

New Approaches to Information Access under WAICENT

103-105

V. PARALLEL AND SIDE EVENTS

 

African Union Conference of Ministers of Agriculture

101-117

FAO-FO/NGO/CSO Regional Consultation

118-119

VI. OTHER MATTERS

120

VII. CONCLUDING ITEMS

 

Items to be considered for the 24th FAO Regional Conference for Africa

121

Date and Place of the 25th FAO RegionalCon ference for Africa

122-123

Adoption of the Report of the Conference

124

Closure of the Conference

125-135

APPENDIXES

 

APPENDIX A - Agenda of the Regional Conference

 

APPENDIX B - List of Delegates

 

APPENDIX C - List of Documents

 

APPENDIX D - Statement by the Independent Chairman of the FAO Council

 

APPENDIX E - Statement by the Director-General of FAO

 

APPENDIX F - Opening Address by the President of the Republic of Mali

 

APPENDIX G - Closing Address by the Prime Minister and Head of Government of the Republic of Mali

 

APPENDIX H - Report of the Technical Committee

 

APPENDIX I - Summary Report of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Agriculture

 

APPENDIX J - Final Statement of the Fifth FAO-FO/NGO/CSO Regional Consultation