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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