ARC/04/REP Report of the Twenty-Third FAO Regional Conference for Africa Johannesburg, South Africa, 1-5 March 2004 |
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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS |
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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 dIvoire |
Mauritius |
Zambia |
Djibouti |
Morocco |
Zimbabwe |
Egypt |
Mozambique |
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Equatorial Guinea |
Namibia |
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Eritrea |
Niger |
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Ethiopia |
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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 dIvoire, 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 |
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Rose Hill, Mauritius, 1 - 17 August 1974 |
Ninth |
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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 |
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Yamoussoukro, Côte dIvoire, 2 - 11 September 1986 |
Fifteenth |
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Moka, Mauritius, 26 April - 4 May 1988 |
Sixteenth |
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Marrakech, Morocco, 11 - 15 June 1990 |
Seventeenth |
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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 |
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SUMMARY OF MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS
Organization of the Conference
Inaugural Ceremony
Election of Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons and Appointment of Rapporteurs
Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable
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)
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)
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)
Fourth FAO/NGO/CSO Consultation for Africa
AfDB/FAO Round Table
Date and Place of the Twenty-fourth FAO Regional Conference for Africa
Adoption of the Report of the Conference
Closure of the Conference
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