Report of the 17th FAO Regional Conference for Africa (ARC/92/REP)













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Accra, Ghana, 20 - 24 July 1992

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FAO Member Nations in the Africa Region (as at 24 July 1992)

Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Côte d'Ivoire
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zaire
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1992

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Table of Contents


Summary of the maim 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

Summary of proceedings

Country statements and general debate on the food and agriculture situation in Africa
Report on FAO activities in the region 1990-91
FAO medium-term plan 1994-99: Regional dimensions
Implementation of the programme of action of the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development
Sustainable agriculture and environment

Other matters

Representation of the region in the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Update on preparations for the International Conference on Nutrition (ICN)
Fourth International Technical Conference on the Conservation and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources
The Accra declaration on sound environment for sustainable agriculture in Africa
Cooperation between FAO and the OAU secretariat
Date and place of the Eighteenth FAO Regional Conference for Africa
Adoption of the report
Closure of the conference

Appendixes

Appendix A - Agenda
Appendix B - List of participants
Appendix C - List of documents
Appendix D - Accra declaration on a sound environment for sustainable development in Africa
Appendix E - Speech by his excellency, flight lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings chairman of the provisional national defence council (PNDC)
Appendix F - Statement by the director-general
Appendix G - Vote of thanks