Report of the 18th FAO Regional Conference for Africa (ARC/94/REP)













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REPORT OF THE EIGHTEENTH FAO REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR AFRICA

Gaborone, Botswana, 24-28 October 1994

FAO Member Nations in the Africa Region (as at 28 October 1994)

Algeria

Gambia

Nigeria

Angola

Ghana

Rwanda

Benin

Guinea

Sao Tome and Principe

Botswana

Guinea-Bissau

Senegal

Burkina Faso

Kenya

Seychelles

Burundi

Lesotho

Sierra Leone

Cameroon

Liberia

South Africa

Cape Verde

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Sudan

Central African Republic

Madagascar

Swaziland

Chad

Malawi

Tanzania

Comoros

Mali

Togo

Congo

Mauritania

Tunisia

Côte d'Ivoire

Mauritius

Uganda

Equatorial Guinea

Morocco

Zaire

Eritrea

Mozambique

Zambia

Ethiopia

Namibia

Zimbabwe

Gabon

Niger


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

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Table of Contents


Summary of the main recommendations

Introductory Items

Organization of the conference
Inaugural ceremony
Election of chairman, vice-chairmen and rapporteur
Adoption of the agenda and timetable
Statement by the director-general of FAO

Technical items

Report on FAO activities in the region 1992-93
Promoting agricultural cooperation through a common african agricultural programme
Outcome of the 106th session of the council and its implications for the present and future activities of FAO in the region
Preparation for the 1996 world food summit
Draft declaration on food and agriculture
Development of technologies in the context of an eco-regional approach for sustainable agricultural production in Africa
Follow-up to the international scheme for the conservation and rehabilitation of african lands (ISCRAL) and the role of FAO in the implementation of the "urgent action for Africa", in relation to the "international convention to combat desertification"
A proposal for a diversification facility for african commodities (DFAC)
Desert locust control in the region and preparation for future campaigns
Representation of the region on the consultative group on international agricultural research (CGIAR)
Report of the follow-up to the international conference on nutrition (ICN)

Concluding items

Consideration of the technical committee report
Date and place of the nineteenth FAO regional conference for Africa
Adoption of the report of the conference
Closure of the conference

Appendixes

Appendix A: Agenda
Appendix B: List of participants - liste des participants
Appendix C: List of documents
Appendix D: Extract from the technical committee report
Appendix E: Statement by his excellency Sir Ketumele Masire. President of the republic of Botswana
Appendix F: Statement by the Director-General