FAO Regional Conference for Africa

Session Documents

The FAO Regional Conference for Africa

The first session of the Regional Conference of Africa (ARC) was held in Lagos, Nigeria in November 1960.

The provisions of Rule XXXV of the General Rules of the Organization list the below functions of the Regional Conferences.

To provide a forum for consultation on all matters pertaining to the mandate of the Organization within the region, including any special issues of interest to the Members in the concerned region.
To provide a forum for the formulation of regional positions on global policy and regulatory issues within the mandate of the Organization or having implications in respect of the mandate and activities of the Organization, including with a view to promoting regional coherence on global policy and regulatory matters.
To advise on and identify the special problems of their respective regions and priority areas of work which should be considered in the preparation of the planning, programme and budgetary documents of the Organization and suggest adjustments to these documents.
To review and advise on the plans, programmes or projects carried out by the Organization which impact upon the region.
To review and advise on the performance of the Organization in the region in contributing to the achievement of results against relevant performance indicators, including any pertinent evaluations.

The Regional Conferences report to the Council on programme and budgetary matters and to the Conference on policy and regulatory matters.

Regional Conferences normally meet once every biennium in non-Conference years for Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Near East.

Council of the Organization (Vol.1, Art. VI.5)
Regional Conferences (Vol.1, Sec.B: GRO, Rule XXXV)

FAO Basic Texts (2017)

His Excellency Mohamed Sadiki

Minister for Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development, and Water and Forests of the Kingdom of Morocco (Morocco)

33rd Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Africa

Secretary

Regional Office for Africa (FAO-RAF)

FAO Regional Conference for Africa

Membership

There are 54 Members of the FAO Regional Conference for Africa.

Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Côte d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Membership Information

Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan and Tunisia participate as Members both in the Regional Conference for Africa and in the Regional Conference for the Near East.